The leopard gene has been labelled as recessive. I was just looking over some pics of leopard hets., and it is aparrent that many of these hets. have obvious aberrancies. I do not know the ratio of babies born from het. X het. or het. X leopard breedings, but is it possible that the leopard gene is actually acting in a dominant fashion, with the actual leopards being the super form of the trait? I realize that not all leopard het's have the great aberrancies, so maybe incomplete dominance? Look at albino hets. You very rarely see albino hets. with crazy patterns. It occurs at the same occurrance as normal Colombian breedings. The leopard hats. are a whole new game. There are way too many hets., with aberrancies. Just a thought. Feel free to laugh at me know and say I have been shunned to the leopard gecko forum. I thought I would do more than just post pics. Maybe I should stick with that.

Phil Goss

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• Leopards. Something to think about... - PGoss, Wed Mar 8 13:00:06 2006
• Well in My Opinion...... - DavidKendrick, Wed Mar 8 13:16:44 2006
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• The abberancies in Leo hets are best... - ChrisGilbert, Wed Mar 8 14:28:31 2006
• Just for the record... - PGoss, Wed Mar 8 15:05:12 2006
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• Just a few thoughts and pics... - Combs reptiles, Wed Mar 8 16:16:14 2006
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• I personally hope that... - ChrisGilbert, Thu Mar 9 08:30:11 2006
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