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rogue_reptiles
at Sat Jan 2 18:59:34 2010 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by rogue_reptiles ]
John,
I respect your knowledge of early lines and breeders and your experience working with black thayeri. I don't know of any current breeder who has been working with melanistic thayeri for as long as you have. That being said, you have to acknowledge that other breeders have had different experiences than you. These include breeders that were working with wild caught stock, so line breeding cannot be the explanation.
I personally think there may be a more complex explanation for why we see two different patterns in the way the trait is expressed. Craig posted a plausible explanation in the old thread for the two types.
Greg
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RE: Melanistic thayeri revisted - rogue_reptiles, Sat Jan 2 18:59:34 2010