With anything that is genetic,the higher the filial number,the greater the chance of isolating a homozygous example,and/or discovering the true nature of any given mutant.it seems pastel has just become a huge adjective stewpot for anything slightly above pure brown? if you notice,every single hypo produced now is a "pastel" with no real suggestion of any linear continuity,or previous track record at all? just my take on it,at the rate everything's being lumped into the pot,eventually "pastel" will simply mean that it didn't come from a black boa... *lol* as far as I can imagine,I can't think of anything I'd be interested in working past F3? if it's a form of dominance,third gen. should yeild the desired result,if it's recessive you should have an entire litter of homozygous examples to out cross from...why go to F4 with anything???
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• F1,F2,F3 etc....... - metachrosis, Sun Sep 17 10:21:59 2006
• RE: F1,F2,F3 etc....... - DavidKendrick, Sun Sep 17 10:28:32 2006
• I asked this same question... - Jonathan_Brady, Sun Sep 17 11:14:29 2006
• Interesting - DavidKendrick, Sun Sep 17 11:30:14 2006
• 7 generations in - jkbreptiles, Sun Sep 17 11:51:55 2006
• Interesting...Beautiful Hypo BCC - DavidKendrick, Sun Sep 17 12:06:22 2006
• RE: Interesting...Beautiful Hypo BCC - jkbreptiles, Sun Sep 17 16:56:11 2006
• RE: Interesting - vcaruso15, Sun Sep 17 11:55:17 2006
• You don't... - Rainshadow, Sun Sep 17 11:59:50 2006
• In selective breeding... - ChrisGilbert, Sun Sep 17 13:41:11 2006
• I don't know about pastels,but... - Rainshadow, Sun Sep 17 14:30:38 2006
• RE: I don't know about pastels,but... - slithering_serpents, Tue Sep 19 12:39:48 2006
• Well,great... - Rainshadow, Tue Sep 19 13:11:07 2006
• Careful what you wish for..... - rainbowsrus, Tue Sep 19 16:54:17 2006
• RE: Interesting - metalpest, Tue Sep 19 15:37:34 2006
• Exactly......more - rainbowsrus, Tue Sep 19 17:07:57 2006
• RE: Exactly......more - metalpest, Tue Sep 19 17:34:54 2006
• RE: Exactly......more - rainbowsrus, Tue Sep 19 18:25:02 2006
• RE: Exactly......more - metalpest, Tue Sep 19 22:17:54 2006
• RE: Exactly......more - slithering_serpents, Tue Sep 19 17:39:45 2006
• small correction......cringe - rainbowsrus, Tue Sep 19 17:55:54 2006
• RE: small correction......cringe - slithering_serpents, Wed Sep 20 13:38:54 2006
• RE: small correction......cringe - rainbowsrus, Wed Sep 20 14:55:40 2006