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DonSoderberg
at Thu Aug 31 17:19:11 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by DonSoderberg ]
You have the genetics correct, but it's the "wild" part that is the basis for my theory about this particular animal. I'm confident he'll get Mendelian ultramel results when he breeds it to an albino. Since the odds of this being produced in the wild without human intervention would be something like one in a billion, I'm suggesting that it's either a direct result of animal polution or the product of animals released into the wild. Since it could have been produced from ultra x ultra or ultramel x ultramel or ultra x ultramel, it's still possible that non albinos out there are making these. Again, they'd have to be the product of animal polution since the amel element is missing in the wild gene pool. As slim as the chances are, it IS possible for het amels to be breeding out there. It's actually very possible, given the recent hurricanes that displaced so many corn snake collections.
Suffice it to say, I agree with your analysis. Since I'm convinced it's an ultramel, I'm saying it is an escapee or the product of escaped adults with these genes. I'll be shocked if breeding trials don't prove my theory to be correct.
Don
www.cornsnake.NET
South Mountain Reptiles
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Precisely . . . - DonSoderberg, Thu Aug 31 17:19:11 2006