A controversial topic to say the least! I think most people would agree that "diffused" is a simple recessive genetic trait. This means the blotches on the sides of the snake disappear or are "dilluted."

The "red" part does not appear to work that way. Rather it's a selectively bred trait.

So I would say an animal cannot be het for bloodred. It can be het for diffused though.

What would happen if a bloodred were bred to a normal? The offspring would be normally patterned, but het for diffused. The offspring would be varying degrees of red. By breeding the reddest babies togather, you'd get 25% that would be bloodreds.

Not everybody agrees on this, but that's the way I see it.

Tim

Third Eye

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• ? on Bloodred genetics - Rob Lewis, Tue Jan 29 07:28:46 2008
• RE: ? on Bloodred genetics - tspuckler, Tue Jan 29 07:54:38 2008
• Thanks Tim..... - Rob Lewis, Tue Jan 29 09:37:50 2008
• RE: Thanks Tim..... - tspuckler, Tue Jan 29 10:17:17 2008
• RE: Thanks Tim..... - boxienuts, Tue Jan 29 11:56:48 2008
• RE: Thanks Tim..... - tspuckler, Tue Jan 29 12:39:09 2008
• yes, I concur on that! - DMong, Tue Jan 29 12:11:33 2008
• Explanation . . . sorta - DonSoderberg, Tue Jan 29 12:16:32 2008
• RE: Explanation . . . sorta - tspuckler, Tue Jan 29 12:37:41 2008
• Embarrassing, but . . . - DonSoderberg, Tue Jan 29 13:06:44 2008
• My 2 cents on bloods. And my reports. - HerpZillA, Wed Jan 30 18:21:46 2008
• Don...... - Rob Lewis, Tue Jan 29 12:46:15 2008
• LOL, Bob. . . - DonSoderberg, Tue Jan 29 13:12:11 2008
• I too have had just a few sterile corns - kathylove, Tue Jan 29 22:24:17 2008
• Isn't it funny bloodred threads still ,, - HerpZillA, Wed Jan 30 18:26:45 2008