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draybar
at Fri Sep 28 19:18:47 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by draybar ]
>>If I misapplied the term "gene" when I should have used "allele," I apologize. I don't intend to muddy the water on this any further.
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>>I completely agree that much of the confusion arises from the breeding of striped/motlies misidentified as homozygous striped animals.
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One of the reasons I hate the name motley/stripe or stripe/motley
If they show the motley patterning, no matter how elongated the saddles they should be called motleys.
If they show the stripe patterning they should be called stripe.
There is a visual difference between a stripe and a motley.Even those motleys with what people call striping.
If you breed motley to motley and get some motleys with long saddles, they are still motleys. Even if one saddle stretches half the length, or more, of the body it is still a motley.
If you breed a stripe and a motley together you will get motleys. From everything I have read, seen or heard it seems apparent that motley is dominant to stripe. Some of those motleys may have stripes but if you compare those to a true stripe you can see the difference.
I bred/breed motley to stripe and although some have long stripes or even almost complete striping I can still only call them motleys het stripe. Simple reason...breed a stripe to a motley you get motleys (visually)...breed those motleys (het stripe) together and you can get motleys or true stripes.
keep breeding the stripe parent to the motley parent and you will still always get motleys. They may have varying degrees of striping but they wont be full or true stripes, they will be motley.
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RE: I disagree... - draybar, Fri Sep 28 19:18:47 2007