genotype environment random-variation �� phenotype



"Genotypes often have great flexibility in the modification and expression of phenotypes"



This is where booksmarts and real world experience and results seperate!!! (going back to my 1st post hinting at how many morphs have you seen display these traits and not turn out to be a TPos."



AGAIN The animals have been proven to produce these traits and is simple recessive so we don't need to argue that point. We breed two Toffee's together and we get the same results with some random variation.



If the gene is modified through breeding, behavior, enviroment or other factors it does not mean it is not a Tpos Albino...(i.e. phenotypic plasticity)

With the billions of lines of DNA I really doubt all morphs will behave within our current definitions especially when we add genes to the mix.

So if an albino hatches...I will call it an albino. If it is non-inheritable it is still an albino by definition.....weather it can be reproduced or not via recessive ,co-dom etc.. that is another matter.

If the observed results change through breeding then we modify the definition to fit the observed results after the fact..



so lets say it is a type of hypo!!!

hypomelanism is considered to be a type of albinism by many geneticist( or at least very closely related)..so loosly by definition the random black patches could still be called "paradox"(which is not a true genetic term but instead more of a description of the observed characteristics a type of albinoism). The form present is definetly TPos.. so Tpos Pardox is what I feel best describes the trait..



Keep in mind not all the "morph definitions" behave the same way in different species.



Conjecture or not lets see what happens..LOL!!
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