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voodoomagik
at Thu Aug 10 10:54:51 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by voodoomagik ]
Hi, Jeff!
If it were simple recessive, we could take two salmontine siblings that don't show the pattern and breed them together. Technically, these would be 100% hets for the Argentine pattern if how the gene operates. Theoretically, we'd get about 1/4 of the babies with the pattern if it's simple recessive. It’d be pretty telling for the offspring to show traits not expressed by either parent in the ratio in which we find simple recessive traits inherited. I know the Salmontines have been bred to pure Argentines. What were the results?
Technically, you'd be breeding a het for the Argentine pattern (the Salmontine) to a homozygous for the Argentine pattern (the Argentine). If it's recessive, statistically, we'd see half of the babies showing the pattern clearly and half of them clearly not. If it were me, I'd probably discount the hypos in the litter and only use the non-hypos as the hypo trait can influence pattern as well as color. An example of this would be the hypo/arabesque breeding in which the hypo trait destroyed the Arabesque pattern. Didn’t that happen with the hypo x Motley breeding, too?
This reminds me of the theory that I’ve heard that Hog Island boas are actually double homozygous for a new dominant type of hypomelanism.
Cool thoughts, Jeff!
Glad to see you posting so much.
Thanks for the pics, Mike!
Aaron
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- Argentine cross questions??? - boaphile, Wed Aug 9 17:45:17 2006
- RE: Argentine cross questions??? - ajfreptiles, Wed Aug 9 17:52:40 2006
- Great observsation, Jeff ... - GainesReptiles, Wed Aug 9 18:24:23 2006
- Salmontine X Salmontine = .... - BASICALLYBOAS, Wed Aug 9 18:30:34 2006
- there is a pic of a bca Xbco in - micahdenton, Wed Aug 9 19:46:35 2006
- Not exactly your scenario, but... - PGoss, Wed Aug 9 21:26:22 2006
- Here's some thoughts.. - Djinn, Thu Aug 10 02:11:46 2006
 we could find out... - voodoomagik, Thu Aug 10 10:54:51 2006- YES, I have one... - ChrisGilbert, Thu Aug 10 11:37:44 2006
- This argy albino I had was fairly - RyanHomsey, Thu Aug 10 23:53:12 2006
- RE: Argentine cross questions??? - Jeremy Stone, Fri Aug 11 13:25:26 2006
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