It would take a few years to do the kind of stuff I'm thinking about but in the end the cost of the R&D would pay for itself in eliminating guesswork and possible hets. A big database could also be developed and breeders could do loans while also preserving diversity in the captive population. I wish there were money for it. I'm going to do a little myself because I do molecular work so I'm going to see if I can extract a decent amount of DNA and maybe RNA (not as easy) from a fresh shed for starters. My interest is kind of silly and whimsical. A friend of mine has a snake from the same place that mine came from and we are wondering if they share a parent (probably the sire due to the age differnce). So I was thinking if I could do a real general fingerprint for each of them and two other BP's I have access to who we KNOW are not possibly related I could maybe look at it that way. It's a long shot but it might work.

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