What is the probability of getting an apricot ee/ prlprl out of a match that has Ee /Prl prl X Ee / Prl prl ?

is it worth the risk of going for apricot ? Or is it less than a 50% chance of succeeding?

thanks!

So to use a Punnett square you have EE, Ee and ee as possible outcomes for the E gene and PrlPrl Prlprl and prlprl as outcomes for the prl gene.

Since both horses are heterozygotes you get 1:2:1 ratio (1/4 chance of EE or PrlPrl, 1/2 chance of Ee or PrlPrl and 1/4 chance of ee or prlprl). Taken together, you have about 1/8 chances for ee prlprl.

These horses have a much better chance of producing ee or prlprl alone than together, so you could still get a good horse from which to breed apricots from them. If you get a ee Prlprl or a Ee prlprl the odds increase a lot if bred to an apricot or even another ee Prlprl or Ee prlprl. Having both parents be homozygous for at least one of the two traits is much more likely to produce a double homozyous recessive.

Thank you! I appreciate it!