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The only trait she got from Jenna was the fact that she is, well, a she.

It was simply the fact that she appeared to be more wolf than her father. Aleu probably, from a genetic standpoint, recieved all of the wolf traits that Balto had, and none of his half-dog traits. The only trait she got from Jenna was the fact that she is, well, a she.

You see,females are XX and males are XY.

ohhhhhh I thought she would be a quarter?

Haha yes its just the COLOR of aleu's pelt, she seems more wolf because of her pelt, dont u see?. haha and since a dog is a decendent from a wolf then perhaps the being part husky atributed to that as well because huskies and malimutes are the most similar in genetics to a wolf.

You see, females are XX and males are XY. The mother always gives off an X and the father can either give an X or a Y. Aleu got the second X from Balto.

Filial Numbers & Percentages

The filial number refers to the number of generations that a wolfdog is removed from a pure wolf. For example, an F1 wolfdog has one parent who is a pure wolf. The other parent can be a wolfdog or a dog. An F2 refers to an animal that has at least one grandparent who is a pure wolf. An F3 wolfdog is one that has at least one great grandparent who is a pure wolf; so this animal would be three generations removed from a wolf. With selective breeding for tameness, one could achieve domestication by the third generation. 1 (NOTE: The previous assertion pertains to the selective breeding of a line of wolfdogs for tameness, not random breeding, and does not pertain to entire litters, but to specific animals within those litters.)

Percentage pertains to the percentage of wolf present in a wolfdog. The ONLY importance that the percentage of wolf in an animal might play would be either (1) in the F1's that result from a pure wolf and a pure dog mating or (2) on paper. Once we get into wolfdogs, percentages amount to very little other than correct documentation on paper. The REAL percentage of wolf or dog that an F1 wolfdog/wolf mix or an F2 and above might have can vary among littermates. For example, a litter of F2 animals could have wolfy and doggy acting animals. These littermates would "genetically" not be the same percentage. However, on paper, they would all be recorded at the same percentage.

Because of the problems inherent in ascertaining correct percentages (other than on paper), many wolfdog owners have begun to refer to their animals in general terms as being a low content, mid content or high content. These content ranges encompass a larger spectrum and allow for a little more leeway in ascertaining the wolfiness or dogginess of an animal. For example, a litter of 87% wolfdogs would be deemed high content and all in the litter should look and act more wolfy than doggy; on the other hand, a litter of 25% wolfdogs would be deemed low content and all in the litter should look and act more doggy than wolfy. (NOTE: The aforementioned sentence does not pertain to selective breeding for specific traits but to the generic and rather random breeding of wolfdogs.) Mid contents cover a wide range and, as such, can act and/or look more wolfy or more doggy, even within a given litter--unless that line of wolfdogs had been selectively bred for a specific look and/or behavior.