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Ragged

ragged

1. Rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken; as, a ragged coat; a ragged sail.

2. Broken with rough edges; having jags; uneven; rough; jagged; as, ragged rocks.

3. Hence, harsh and disagreeable to the ear; dissonant. A ragged noise of mirth.

4. Wearing tattered clothes; as, a ragged fellow.

5. Rough; shaggy; rugged.

(Science: botany) What shepherd owns those ragged sheep ? (Dryden) Ragged lady, prince's feather (polygonum orientale). Ragged school, a free school for poor children, where they are taught and in part fed; a name given at first because they came in their common clothing. Raggedly, Raggedness.

Origin: From Rag.


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Re: gentics qustion HLP DRAGONS

As per your description all the females would be with flame and half of them would be normal winged and the other half would be with ragged wings. But all the male would be flameless. It looks like your cross is reasonable i.e it seems to be sex linked... http://www.hourlybook.com/category/genetics/ ...

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by javedshaikm
Wed Mar 14, 2012 4:44 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: gentics qustion HLP DRAGONS
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Re: gentics qustion HLP DRAGONS

Okay your right so clearly the flame/flameless phenotype are sex linked through the zw or xy System. Also for the ragged/normal they autosomal since Equal ratios are observed throughout their gametes so like rr for purebreeding female and Rr for male parent.btw r=normal R=ragged ...

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by genetics
Tue Mar 06, 2012 10:21 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: gentics qustion HLP DRAGONS
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gentics qustion HLP DRAGONS

You could decide that F is for flame and f for flameless, and W is for normal wings, and w for the ragged ones. Then you try to figure out if any of the phenotype is sex-linked or not. Your description of the parents appears correct

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by canalon
Mon Mar 05, 2012 3:07 am
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: gentics qustion HLP DRAGONS
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gentics qustion HLP DRAGONS

... the question of whether a good adaptation has a greater possibility of being dominant than a bad one. Obviously flame is better than no flame, and ragged wings are a definitely faulty gene. You are hampered by the fact that you can't know which strains are dominant unless you look more closely ...

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by animartco
Sun Mar 04, 2012 12:05 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: gentics qustion HLP DRAGONS
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gentics qustion HLP DRAGONS

a male dragon that has flameless phenotype is crossed with a true breeding female that shows ragged wing phenotype. The F1 males are all flameless with half of them also having ragged wings and the females are all normal(wild-type) for flame but half of them having ragged ...

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by genetics
Sun Mar 04, 2012 4:43 am
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: gentics qustion HLP DRAGONS
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