is the offspring of a koi fish identical or is a mix of their parents traits?

Answer 1

Koi, like any animal, follow the laws of genetics when you want to determine the traits of their offspring.

The baby fish will all contain mixes of their parents' genetic makeup. What the baby fish look like and to a great extent how they behave is determined by what their parents were like.

Please do some research on the Internet or in encyclopedias for further information. You will find a lot of good information.

Answer 2

Since koi reproduce sexually, the offspring will be a mix of the parent's traits. The only way that they could be identical is by asexual reproduction, where one parent would clone itself...just not happening in the fish world.

Answer 3

It is a very complex mix. Even if you breed two show quality Koi that have excellent red head spots, very bright white and red colors, no color other than the red anywhere on their bodies or fins, and perfect scaling (no mirror scales anywhere), the progeny will be vastly mixed. There will be many excellent cherry blossom Koi from them but also many with defects and even some dark fish and other colors. Their must be many alleles that interweave to affect Koi colors.

Answer 4

Make a Punnit square and see! All are the genetic amalgamation of both parents with some traits being dominant and some being recessive.

Answer 5

koi will usually be a mix but will show more dominant colour from the fish with genes that have the dominant colours

Answer 6

it's a mix, you never know what you are going to get

Answer 7

A mix:)

Answer 8

try this http://www.akca.org/library/colors.htm
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