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serpentcity
at Sat Mar 19 22:59:22 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by serpentcity ]
...are developmental and some are genetic...adverse incubation temps affect somite (body) development and thus are developmental, while in caramels there appears to be genetic basis to the defect....
given accurately-controlled incubation temps, the greater the percentage of offspring with defects, the stronger the argument for a genetic basis for the defect...
there are a sufficient number of caramels to strongly suggest a genetic basis for the spinal defects
in your case with the normal it is unlikely genetic...even in the case of it being a phenotypic expression of a homozygous recessive trait...the progeny of this snake when bred to another normal (or spider, or whatever) would be heterozygous recessive and NOT express the gene phenotypically...
SO, I wouldn't worry too much as long as the defect doesn't actually hinder its breeding capabilities
Scott J. Michaels DVM
Serpent City
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some defects.... - serpentcity, Sat Mar 19 22:59:22 2005