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InTheBlue
at Fri Jan 21 23:42:07 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by InTheBlue ]
Now that I reread this info, it seems that Seans breeding did prove something... (the snow leucistic hets) If the leucistic color is in fact a recessive gene... them it would have became the dominant "color" of the dragon. Since these hatchlings took on the appearance of the "Snow" gene it stands to reason that the lucys are a recessive form of hypomelanism as color has been bred into the lucy line.... the only other thing that it could be is that the hypo/snow line is a dominate form of hypomelanism that won out in appearance over the other recessive form of hypomelanism.
also if the clear nails were a seperate recessive trait from the hypopastel and lucy lines you would only get one beardie that showed both traits out of every 16 from a het to het breeding. Unless one of the traits is in fact co-dominate... in which case you'd get 25% hypomelanistic, 50% het for hypomelanistic and 25% normal and 50% of those would be homozygeous for clear nails as well... Right?
I realize I'm not breding these traits righ tnow but I find it all very fascinating and would like to get some feedback on what some of you think about this. It would help greatly to know what top expect from a breeding, especially when your giving 300 to 500 bucks apiece or more for your breeding stock.
Later,
Robert
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RE: Found a great site with a decent overview of genetics and morphs - InTheBlue, Fri Jan 21 23:42:07 2005