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mpollard
at Thu Jan 22 11:10:12 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by mpollard ]
First of all, let me start by saying that I'm not a geneticist. I'm not even an amature geneticist. So forgive me if this sounds rediculous, I'm speaking from a layman's perspective. The primary difference between the Jungle and the Harli "lines" is the "super form". This is not to say that there is, or is not, evidence that the supers produce complete litters of hets., but it is to say that there is an obvious repeatable visual form (morph, to me). It is well proven that successfully breeding two Jungles results in some offspring that are unquestionably distinct. I have not seen, or even heard it suggested, that there is a super Harli. So, based on this point alone, I see the super Jungle as clearly a morph (as Jungles are really het. for Super Jungle), if applying the defenition that a morph "is a distinct form". Super Jungles are, at least, phenotypically very distinct. Jungles and Harlis you could confuse, as we have seen. Super Jungles...not, they are IMHO unquestionably distinct.
No offense to anyone or any lines, just trying to wrap my mind around the difference between "morph" and "line".
Thanks for reading and any feedback.
Mark
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- 09 hypo harlequin poss jungles - patoquack, Tue Jan 20 13:12:56 2009
- RE: 09 hypo harlequin poss jungles - Shane Kinney, Tue Jan 20 13:31:18 2009
- RE: 09 hypo harlequin poss jungles - vcaruso15, Tue Jan 20 13:36:25 2009
- RE: 09 hypo harlequin poss jungles - LarM, Tue Jan 20 16:07:46 2009
- Patrick those are AMAZING animals - skyslinger, Tue Jan 20 17:16:58 2009
- They look Jungle -- but ...... - Morgans Boas, Tue Jan 20 20:31:25 2009
- Thanks for all the comments! np - patoquack, Wed Jan 21 00:35:15 2009
- RE: 09 hypo harlequin poss jungles - mpollard, Wed Jan 21 10:45:53 2009
- very nice Patrick! - AbsoluteApril, Wed Jan 21 15:38:53 2009
- I think it's - bcibydesign, Wed Jan 21 18:26:21 2009
- Sorry for my opinions - Morgans Boas, Wed Jan 21 20:34:24 2009
- RE: 09 hypo harlequin poss jungles - simonesantini, Fri Jan 23 04:44:29 2009
- RE: 09 hypo harlequin poss jungles - jscrick, Fri Jan 23 11:39:43 2009
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RE: Jungles aren't... - mpollard, Thu Jan 22 11:10:12 2009