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8ballpythons
at Thu Mar 11 21:56:21 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by 8ballpythons ]
Do you know if the litters were just 3/4 size or if there were actual aborted fetuses found? i've read that the scientist that first described lethal alleles (Cuenot i think???) also got 3/4 litter sizes when breeding yellow dominant mice together. Although, he notes the presence of aborted fetuses to account for the missing 1/4. i know that lethal alleles can become lethal at any point during an organisms lifetime, but if there were a lethal allele in a ball python morph i wonder if there would consistently be a slug or snake dead in an egg with every hetero to hetero clutch (assuming that’s how the lethal allele was manifested)? Or, will the genetics gurus tell me that i am over simplifying things?
lethal alleles are a neat idea, but IMO probably not what’s going on here (although i hope i'm wrong because it would be kewl to own a snake with a "lethal" allele ... LOL).
-adam
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RE: Lethal Syrian Hamster Mutation - 8ballpythons, Thu Mar 11 21:56:21 2004