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Question: When breeding Kohaku are the offspring typically white, red and red & white?
I'm guessing they are in the oldest lines, with all shades of red trending toward yellowish orange; and all shades of white trending toward yellowish tones. But, rarely any other colors unless Sanke is in the bloodline, as with some of the Momotaro line, then I'm suspecting a high percentage of kawari. (How high, I'm not able to even guess.) And, I'd guess the rate of saleable Kohaku declines further if from a line crossed back to magoi within 4-5 generations.
I am also suspecting that the older lines of Sanke were not so problematical, despite being less genetically refined compared to Kohaku, but that the re-introduction of magoi genes to obtain size and conformation has greatly reduced the success rate.
If I'm basically right, then it highlights the sacrifice of quick volume sales to create the quality jumbo koi of today. |