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Chimeras and Clutches

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Posted by: Bolitochrome at Thu May 6 16:56:56 2010   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Bolitochrome ]  
   

What he is saying is that a paradox is often formed from two embryos, one albino and one not. If that blending of the two embryos also occurs in the germline cells (which produce either eggs in a female or sperm in a male) then some gametes produced will carry the gene for albinism and some will not. So even a visual albino could possibly produce gametes as though it were only Het for albino.

Also, the statistics you quoted are for *each egg*, not for the entire clutch. For instance, a Het Albino to Albino breeding will give EACH EGG a 50% chance of producing an albino and a 50% chance of producing a normal (het. albino). It does not mean that clutches will produce 50% Albinos and 50% Hets.
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Lincoln, NE
0.1 Pastel, 1.0 Pastel het Pied, 0.1 Pied, 0.1 Cinn, 1.0 Black Pewter, 1.0 Woma (hidden gene?), 0.1 Yellowbelly
2.0 Normals, 1.0 Thayeri, 0.1 Thayeri X Alterna, 0.1 crazy cat, 1.0 husband

   

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