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RE: albinos??

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Posted by: Paul Hollander at Wed Aug 2 17:23:44 2006   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Paul Hollander ]  
   

Nice looking gecko!

>If two albinos mate, shouldn't they always produce albinos since it is a recessive trait?

Yes, but in this case, the problem is with the language. There are at least three different, independent mutants that all produce a more or less similar appearance, and all three are called some sort of "albinos". There is Tremper albino, Rainwater albino, and I forget the third. Tremper albino x Tremper albino does produce all Tremper albino. Tremper albino x Rainwater albino produces normal-looking babies. It would be a lot more obvious that they are different mutants if one was named "albino", another was named "white", and another was named "extreme dilute".

The breeder apparantly either lost or never got the full mutant names and wound up crossing two different types of albinos. This sort of thing happens every so often in a lot of different species.

Paul Hollander


   

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