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Hoopy
at Fri Nov 7 12:02:04 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Hoopy ]
The idea that a recessive gene could be indicated from seeing a "marker" is a bad idea. The marker described and pictured for the Het piebalds could easily be genetic. It cannot be the same gene as the one needed to create piebalds. Simple recessive genes will never show up in a snake. Now with that said, this marker could be another gene that has been accidently breed into some of the piebald hets from people breeding a normal snake with the "marker" gene" into a piebald het. If that is true, buying possible piebald het without the marker would be a greater risk then buying with the "marker", but not for the reason you are thinking. Buying a possible het with the marker merely means you have a better chance that the baby snake actually had a parent with the piebald gene and you are not getting ripped off. If you have a clutch of 8 eggs and 4 have the marker and 4 do not, it means nothing. The 4 that have the marker are just as likely to have the piebald trait as the 4 without the marker. The "marker" possibly another gene, but really doesn't have much correlation to the piebald gene.
HOOPY
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Impossible - Hoopy, Fri Nov 7 12:02:04 2003