Posted by:
Warren_Booth
at Tue Oct 16 13:07:16 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Warren_Booth ]
Hi,
The eye issue with albinos has been brought up many times on this and other forums (do a search). There are many hypothesis. One is that inbreeding has weakened the bloodline and hence outbreeding is required to reduce the likelihood of this occuring. The other is that the eyes heamorage easily due to the melanine reduction. Hence, when exposed to bright light they can damage easily.
I am lucky in that I have a male from a new wild caught bloodline that is compatable with Pete Kahl's line. I have produced hets from this and hope that in future the eye issue will not be a problem with my collection.
As I say, do a search for other peoples experiences and opinions.
Warren
----- Dr Warren Booth
North Carolina State University
Department of Entomology
3309 Gardner Hall
Raleigh, NC 27695-7613
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