allison

I studied Biology (even have an MS) but have been out of school a long time. Recently I got a pup from a friend's litter that made me think about genetics. The father is a purebred Karelian Bear Dog (KBD). The mother is a Golden Retreiver (GR) that supposedly also has some husky although you can't tell- she just looks like a golden retreiver but with a slightly different body. None of the puppies look like a golden retreiver at all. Five of them look just like baby Karelian Bear Dogs. One of them (mine) looks a little bit like a Karelian Bear Dog and a little bit like a husky. Mine is a girl. There is one other girl and four boys. My question is- with the way the pups look it is tempting to assume that the alleles from the parent KBD are dominant over GR for several genes that control appearance including color, ear shape, tail, etc. BUT my dog looks like a Husky (H!). If GR is dominant to H and KBD is dominant to GR, does it follow that KBD is dominant to H or could H be dominant to KBD? I realise there are multiple genes at play, which might makes things complicated in this particular example. But the simpler version of the question is still on my mind- If allele A is dominant to allele B and allele B is dominant to allele C, can you predict the dominance relationship between A and C? It's been a long time since I have cracked a textbook. Thanks- would appreciate some assuaging of my curiosity! PS- Just because I am a proud mama at the moment I attached my dog's picture.