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rtdunham
at Thu Jul 21 18:09:25 2011 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by rtdunham ]
>>So I bred a Hypo (Great Valley Serpentarium Lavender) to a Ghost (het Albino). I was expecting normal looking babies that would be double hets..........but NOOOOOOO.
Hi Kerby,
Can you give some more information, educate us cal-king-morph novices? I'm assuming "ghost" in cal king lingo designates a double homozygous animal, maybe hypo (a different kind of hypo than the GVS lavender "hypo"?) and a second morph, maybe anerythristic or axanthic?
If so, I'm confused because it seems if that's the case you'd expect triple hets, not double hets. And they'd be possible quad-hets. Or, if GVS lavendar "hypo" and the "hypo" component of "ghost" are the same, you'd expect to get some hypos, not just "normals" phenotypically.
Plus, what's to say the GVS lavendar wasn't het for some morphs, too? That could also account for morphs (not "normals" phenotypically) in the clutches. I guess I'm both trying to learn more about the terminology and morphs above, AND to figure out why the resulting clutches surprised you so much. Thanks.
Terry
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RE: And it gets weirder....... - rtdunham, Thu Jul 21 18:09:25 2011