Posted by:
Mahlon
at Thu Dec 7 11:53:06 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Mahlon ]
Just thought I'd chime in real quick,
You said this, "Generally incest/inbreeding causes genetic problems in future offspring, and I'm assuming it's the same with snakes."
The problem lies in the assumption above, that inbreeding causes genetic problems. It DOES NOT CAUSE deformities, it only increases the likelihood of the inherent deformities being expressed, since homozygous pairs are much more likely within close breeding populations (Ie Mother X Son, Father X Daughter, Brother X Sister, etc.)
Hope this clears this up for you,
Dan
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