I was talking to Sean about this and he was thinking that there might be another gene in there that influences the stripe to be "perfect". So instead of a gene causing the stripe to be broken, it would be a lack of this "special gene" that would be causing the broken striping. Anyways, it's just a hypothesis. Hopefully future breeding attempts/trials will shed some more light on this.

We did hatch out a perfect stripe sibling to these two "cryptic" Stripes I posted photos of. It's crazy how much variety there is in this clutch. The "perfect" Striped individual also has a diminished stripe pattern. It's hard to describe so I'll snap some photos of it later on.

Thanks,
Celia
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• It's fun OUTSIDE the lines too... - wetceal, Thu Aug 31 23:39:15 2006
• RE: It's fun OUTSIDE the lines too... - ginebig, Thu Aug 31 23:54:24 2006
• RE: It's fun OUTSIDE the lines too... - hoot, Fri Sep 1 01:04:08 2006
• RE: It's fun OUTSIDE the lines too... - coldthumb, Fri Sep 1 01:50:33 2006
• RE: It's fun OUTSIDE the lines too... - coldthumb, Fri Sep 1 01:54:00 2006
• You might be onto something there... - wetceal, Sat Sep 2 19:03:29 2006
• RE: It's fun OUTSIDE the lines too... - muddoc, Fri Sep 1 03:20:27 2006
• RE: It's fun OUTSIDE the lines too... - Chance, Fri Sep 1 08:19:40 2006
• RE: It's fun OUTSIDE the lines too... - andrewpotts, Fri Sep 1 09:06:56 2006
• RE: It's fun OUTSIDE the lines too... - toshamc, Fri Sep 1 10:39:43 2006
• I prefer them to full stripes... - ChrisGilbert, Fri Sep 1 13:56:56 2006
• Thanks for the comments everyone! - wetceal, Sat Sep 2 18:58:53 2006