of boas. I feel that they express themselves in almost a polygenic fashion under normal circumstances such as with most line bred animals except there do seem to be some subtle markers that are hard to discern unless you have looked at a lot of them. The thing I find is that they really start coloring up later so if their aren't many aberancies (which seems to be another trait that is passed along in some type of incomplete dominance or something)you have to wait to see the inordinant amount of color they pull up in their faces and sides, sort of like a jungle does(which is often another trait that co-exists). Paul, the Harlequins are simply a line of boas(line bred and then crossed out and then bred back into themselves like so many other lines) I often have thought that maybe they have a type of gene that actually "reflects" or matches up with certain genes in a sort of "universal" way like someone with O blood type can donate to all blood types(I think). So if a particular animal has the gene for a trait it can be duplicated without having to have a match as long as one is a Harlequin. The idea that none of them was Harlequin I think is a misconception because we have never seen the other three siblings. Only the two I have which are both DEFINITELY Harlequins. As far as the father he was an F3 that had NO relation to the mother who appeared to be a F1 bci X bcc cross and you will see the influence in my siblings. I think the one thing that would help the most is if the other three siblings were shown or a picture of all 9 babies together. ONLY so that we could look for the bcc influence or markers or whatever.






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• Can we have an open discussion about - skyslinger, Wed Jan 14 20:54:09 2009
• RE: Can we have an open discussion about - ilovemylizard, Thu Jan 15 01:45:11 2009
• RE: Can we have an open discussion about - ilovemylizard, Thu Jan 15 02:13:59 2009
• Heather, I think you have made some - skyslinger, Thu Jan 15 06:37:12 2009
• RE: Heather, I think you have made some - vcaruso15, Thu Jan 15 08:03:20 2009
• Good points as well. Here is a pic of - skyslinger, Thu Jan 15 10:02:24 2009
• RE: Can we have an open discussion about - ilovemylizard, Thu Jan 15 15:23:29 2009
• I have to take your word I wouldn't know - skyslinger, Thu Jan 15 15:57:16 2009
• Patternless Super Aztec - bob36, Thu Jan 15 19:41:21 2009
• No doubt! What were we thinking? - skyslinger, Thu Jan 15 23:43:22 2009
• I think it would be very helpful - boaphile, Thu Jan 15 10:39:50 2009
• Jeff, read my posts and you will see - skyslinger, Thu Jan 15 11:06:54 2009
• Modifyingr and Regulator genes link - skyslinger, Thu Jan 15 11:54:09 2009
• RE: Modifyingr and Regulator genes link - ilovemylizard, Thu Jan 15 15:28:06 2009
• No problem. I like to learn too! np - skyslinger, Thu Jan 15 15:58:11 2009
• Not that i can add much genetic info but - geckocrazy, Thu Jan 15 13:22:22 2009
• Your 2 cents was worth 2 dollars - skyslinger, Thu Jan 15 13:37:40 2009
• RE: Can we have an open discussion about - LarM, Thu Jan 15 15:37:11 2009
• They were very PINK striated from head - skyslinger, Thu Jan 15 16:01:09 2009
• RE: Can we have an open discussion about - Paul Hollander, Thu Jan 15 18:25:22 2009
• Paul, the Harlequins are simply a line - skyslinger, Fri Jan 16 00:15:39 2009
• I hope that made any sense at all and - skyslinger, Fri Jan 16 00:22:14 2009
• RE: I hope that made any sense at all and - Paul Hollander, Fri Jan 16 19:44:57 2009
• Me too Paul! I do wish I new more - skyslinger, Sat Jan 17 14:53:39 2009