Can someone please explain to me the genetics behind the lava corn and what makes a lava a lava?
Thanks,
Dan
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Lava ?'s
DanW
Mar 22, 2008 06:57 PM
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FunkyRes
Mar 22, 2008 10:56 PM
lava is a simple recessive gene.
A corn snake is a lava if it had two copies of that gene (homozygous).
Lava is a type of hypomelanism. I think it first popped out of Okeetee lines but I'm not positive.
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