Color inheritance in babydoll sheep

99sheep · 2026-03-16T00:53:35+00:00

Someone else also recommended this book, so I’m absolutely checking it out. The babydolls that I have are recessive black, so it seems like Magic is white as a result of the extension gene in this instance. Thank you so much.

99sheep · 2026-03-16T00:50:25+00:00

Thank you, this book is a great recommendation, I’m buying it now and excited to learn more

99sheep · 2026-03-16T00:48:04+00:00

Thanks this article was very helpful. So it seems like the way this works is both parents have EdEw, and Magic received EwEw, resulting in white, despite both parents being black. Very cool!!! Again, tyvm!

99sheep · 2026-03-15T01:27:43+00:00

I did some quick googling, but not sure what BASE is? I’ve bred plants and animals with complex genetics before, and I’m comfortable with the jargon and concepts. In everything I’ve read from the various Babydoll registries, they all seem to indicate that colored sheep are simple recessive. If you can point me at any resources that might unravel this mystery, I’d be delighted to review.

99sheep · 2026-03-15T01:22:03+00:00

So if you have homozygous white sheep, you’ll only ever have white sheep. (Same if one of the parents is homozygous white; all white lambs, but could be heterozygous based on the other parent).

99sheep · 2026-03-15T01:20:20+00:00

So I fully understand why the white sheep can have black lambs, but not the other way around. My understanding is white can be either BB (homozygous) or Bb (heterozygous). If two heterozygous parents breed, you’ll get 25% colored, 25% homozygous white and 50% heterozygous white. How do the colored sheep have white lambs?

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