IF I read that artical correctly, the instance of "bipaternity" is really the chimera syndrome I mentioned below. Notice that the egg was "bipolar(-the term they used)". In other words, two eggs in one. The resulting offspring was not infact a single egg with two different sperm cells fertilizing it, but two distinct eggs, each fertilized by one sperm.

So, back to your original situation, that could only produce a baby thats half one trait and half the other, not both. Look at the pidgeon and tranfer the same results onto a snake...Lets use spider and pastel for the traits in question. It would seem the "mosaic" model would give you a snake that may be pastel for several inches and spider for the next few inches....not a bumble bee. Follow me?

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• Things that make you say HMMMMMM........ - JKBREPTILES, Tue Feb 28 08:41:18 2006
• RE: Things that make you say HMMMMMM........ - Corey Woods, Tue Feb 28 08:57:38 2006
• RE: Things that make you say HMMMMMM........ - JKBREPTILES, Tue Feb 28 09:04:55 2006
• RE: Things that make you say HMMMMMM........ - JKBREPTILES, Tue Feb 28 09:05:50 2006
• RE: Things that make you say HMMMMMM.... - toshamc, Tue Feb 28 11:34:36 2006
• Tosha..the tiger gene in retics is codom - JP, Tue Feb 28 11:36:33 2006
• RE: Tosha..the tiger gene in retics is codom - RandyRemington, Wed Mar 1 07:44:49 2006
• RE: Things that make you say HMMMMMM........ - Brandon Osborne, Tue Feb 28 16:32:22 2006
• Re-Read my post..... - Corey Woods, Tue Feb 28 09:28:44 2006
• Coreys right, but a hypothesis - JP, Tue Feb 28 10:19:39 2006
• Paul Hollander... - JP, Tue Feb 28 10:42:18 2006
• Bipaterity Sperm Mutations - JKBREPTILES, Tue Feb 28 11:23:24 2006
• RE: Bipaterity Sperm Mutations - JP, Tue Feb 28 11:33:49 2006
• Yep, I am there with ya...more - JKBREPTILES, Tue Feb 28 11:39:26 2006
• RE: Yep, I am there with ya...more - JP, Tue Feb 28 11:46:00 2006
• That's easy - JKBREPTILES, Tue Feb 28 11:47:54 2006
• RE: That's easy - JP, Tue Feb 28 11:51:48 2006
• Pied Crows have black heads - JKBREPTILES, Tue Feb 28 12:26:43 2006
• RE: Pied Crows have black heads - JP, Tue Feb 28 12:42:09 2006
• RE: Pied Crows have black heads - Ralph, Tue Feb 28 21:39:53 2006
• RE: Things that make you say HMMMMMM........ - joshhutto, Tue Feb 28 13:54:20 2006
• They were Super's - JKBREPTILES, Tue Feb 28 16:14:50 2006
• if two sperm fertilized eachother...np - bpconnection, Tue Feb 28 09:57:03 2006
• RE: Things that make you say HMMMMMM.... - Paul Hollander, Tue Feb 28 10:09:22 2006
• Now that insight opens this question - JKBREPTILES, Tue Feb 28 10:18:15 2006
• RE: Now that insight opens this question - morphed, Tue Feb 28 10:28:16 2006
• My parents always said I was a praradox - bpconnection, Tue Feb 28 11:10:24 2006
• I know you were totally joking, but.... - JP, Tue Feb 28 11:20:31 2006
• RE: I know you were totally joking, but.... - JKBREPTILES, Tue Feb 28 11:28:10 2006
• Um, who? - JKBREPTILES, Tue Feb 28 11:26:30 2006
• RE: Um, who? - morphed, Wed Mar 1 08:58:54 2006
• did you see proof??? - JKBREPTILES, Wed Mar 1 09:55:36 2006
• RE: did you see proof??? - morphed, Wed Mar 1 12:11:25 2006
• RE: Things that make you say HMMMMMM........ - morphed, Tue Feb 28 10:21:31 2006
• I think the acrosomal reaction.... - jgjulander, Tue Feb 28 11:17:10 2006
• Did you read the Article? - JKBREPTILES, Tue Feb 28 11:31:03 2006
• Well, ....Were this all went - JKBREPTILES, Tue Feb 28 11:45:53 2006
• and, just to clarify..... - JP, Tue Feb 28 11:54:04 2006