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terryd
at Tue Nov 30 22:00:18 2010 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by terryd ]
Polymorphism would explain a lot. And your line of thinking is pretty novel, at least to me.
Rusty wrote:
I’ve also noticed that males (within the same clutch) are often the lightest (hypos or ghosts) in the group.
I have a few hypo hondurans, but I haven't really done anything w/ them. But I do have a number of hypo syspila, and have seen varying degrees of what I would call a hypo animal.
I also have noticed in some of my hypo syspila clutches that many times the males are brighter then the females.
Here is a pretty good example. Hypo male from the same clutch as the female below.


I'd say that the colors/saturation in these photos is very close to how the animals look in hand, and I think you can see how much different the two clutch mates look from each other as far as the hypomelinisim is concerned.
Now I don't know if I can help out any further w/ your hypothesis, but I can tell you I'll be watching this thread to see what others have to say. And think you have asked some interesting questions.
You deserve a beer for your mental gymnastics. ☺
-Dell
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- Hypomelanistic Hondurans - Recessive? - RG, Tue Nov 30 16:51:46 2010
- Interesting thoughts, Rusty - Sunherp, Tue Nov 30 18:30:23 2010
- RE: Hypomelanistic Hondurans - Recessive? - DMong, Tue Nov 30 20:17:25 2010
RE: Hypomelanistic Hondurans - Recessive? - terryd, Tue Nov 30 22:00:18 2010
- RE: Hypomelanistic Hondurans - Recessive? - KevinM, Tue Nov 30 22:24:44 2010
- RE: Hypomelanistic Hondurans - Recessive? - vjl4, Wed Dec 1 09:41:13 2010
- RE: Hypomelanistic Hondurans - Recessive? - shannon brown, Wed Dec 1 12:16:22 2010
- RE: Hypomelanistic Hondurans - Recessive? - shannon brown, Wed Dec 1 12:59:48 2010

- RE: Hypomelanistic Hondurans - Recessive? - tspuckler, Wed Dec 1 13:14:35 2010

- RE: Hypomelanistic Hondurans - Recessive? - rtdunham, Wed Dec 1 18:30:00 2010
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