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natsamjosh
at Tue Sep 14 15:52:36 2010 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by natsamjosh ]
Very interesting stuff. A couple more things to consider, assuming I even have a clue what I'm talking about.
1) I did some research a few years ago on pigmentation, and in some animals melanins (not erythrins) can produce yellows, oranges and reds. If I remember correctly, the specific animals studied were birds. Pigmentation is (or can be) incredibly complicated, imo. Maybe there are a lot of snakes that are anerythristic, they just don't look like what we expect them to look like. I wonder if anyone has ever done some experiments on BRB skin to see if erythrin is even present?
2) Maybe it's possible that separate genes control coloration of different parts of the body. For example, maybe one gene controls only the crescent coloration, while another gene controls the dorsal pattern, while another controls the ground color. And one of these might "override" one or more of the others. (Jeff, have you ever tried to selectively breed for the white crescents???)
Great thread, hopefully we can get a better understanding of this.
Thanks,
Ed
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