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rtdunham
at Fri Nov 5 15:29:56 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by rtdunham ]
Could it be possible that when recessive geen mutations are stacked up together in one pairing like with triple hets, that some might show up in percentages? If so then this snake could be 90% homozogus hypo and 10% homozogus amelanistic. It's a crazy theroy, but one that makes sense.
remember that homozygous means the two genes on a gene pair are the same (two for albinism, for example) and heterozygous means that gene pair has two different genes, one normal and one albino for ex. Given that genes exist in pairs, it's hard to understand how something can be 90% homozygous, or what that even means.
On the other hand you could be on to something, what if the animal's simply homozygous for hypo, but a form of hypo that reduces melanin by 90%, compared to the 40% (speaking hypotehtically) that a traditional hypo might reduce melanin? With that explanation we're still conforming to basic genetic principles, just saying gee, maybe that hypo gene is regulating melanin differently (and more dramatically!) than the "other" hypo gene does.
the simplest explanation for something is usually the better one. I think revising genetic principles and requiring that unprecedented behavior from TWO gene pairs is a stretch--crazy, as you acknowledge. But just bend your theory slightly to the DEGREE OF EFFECT of a morph, and you've got an explanation of what we see in the extremes that (imo) could make a lot of sense.
peace
terry
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- What is it? beautiful hondo jeff a produced - rtdunham, Fri Nov 5 00:22:20 2004
- a few more pix - rtdunham, Fri Nov 5 00:25:11 2004
- Crazy.. - jeph, Fri Nov 5 01:07:10 2004
- RE: Crazy.. - theselectserpent, Sat Nov 6 17:23:33 2004
- INSANE! - bluerosy, Fri Nov 5 08:30:07 2004
- RE: What is it? beautiful hondo jeff a produced - ZFelicien, Fri Nov 5 08:36:59 2004
- Beautiful Hondo - - Adam Willich, Fri Nov 5 09:52:17 2004
- Skin observation... - MarcB, Fri Nov 5 11:27:56 2004
- AWESOME is what it is!! Here's my theory... - Shane Kinney, Fri Nov 5 13:41:51 2004
- Terry,I still say its a extreme hybino?Makes since to me and when - shannon brown, Sat Nov 6 02:52:48 2004
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RE: AWESOME is what it is!! Here's my theory... - rtdunham, Fri Nov 5 15:29:56 2004