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RE: What do you think of DNA ...............

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Posted by: jscrick at Sun Feb 21 21:29:41 2010  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by jscrick ]  
   

Most normal looking "Pet" Burmese Pythons are byproducts of captive genetic inbreeding specifically for desired morphological traits.

The probability that normal looking Burmese found in the wild would be heterozygous for at least one identifiable morphological trait should be at least 50%, if they were indeed released by pet owners as has been claimed.

If "Pet" Burmese released by the public are indeed breeding in South Florida, why has practically zero Burmese Morphs if any been found? If they have been found in any significant numbers please show me the data.

By the way, the figure thrown around on how many "Pythons are imported" is irrelevant in the case of Burmese. Those numbers are referring to Ball Pythons for the most part. Ball Pythons are currently not at issue. A convenient and significant ambiguity or omission of fact.

jsc
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