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Warren_Booth
at Tue May 8 09:43:19 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Warren_Booth ]
Go to the breeders web site and you will see the albino offspring are identical to the parent albino burms. The albinos look like a morph, maybe labyrinth. I am not into the burm morphs so could not be sure.
However, the likelihood that a number of individuals within a litter would spontaneously mutate at the locus coding for the colour gene is virtually impossible. This litter is a clear example of multiple paternity. If the owner wants to send me shed skins of all the offspring and the parents I would be happy to carry out the paternity analysis required to prove this. However, looking a the pictures of the burm parents, it is clear to see which are hybrids and which not.
Warren ----- Dr Warren Booth
North Carolina State University
Department of Entomology
3309 Gardner Hall
Raleigh, NC 27695-7613
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