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Rainshadow
at Thu Jun 16 00:08:19 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Rainshadow ]
Most people do not even have much more than a rudimentary understanding of over simplified,very basic genetic theory....every single thing that we currently know about genetics & apply to boa constrictors is derived from a fair handful of conveniently simple mutations that most of us like to capsulate into absolutes...the nature of these things is not bound by the "laws" that we put forth.the "rules" are based only on our attempt to describe what is happening,based on what we perceive to have happened before in other cases,which does not allow for the possibilities of anything new,or,previously unknown. I find it interesting that we now begin to see "possible Jungles",and,what I call "lesser expressive" examples of the trait that are presumed to be gene carriers...I remember raising the possibility of this a few years ago,and,several people quickly discounted it,"oh no,you'll KNOW the Jungles from the "normals"...it's always pleasant when things fit nicely into the convenience of theory,however the simple fact is that with variable traits you will inevitably see variability...
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- Here's what keeps my brother up at night... - Rainshadow, Wed Jun 15 10:55:55 2005
- YUP....... - ghireptiles, Wed Jun 15 11:00:36 2005
- DOH!!!! HHELLLOO!!! Phew.. that thing is too much for words!! more.. - bcijoe, Wed Jun 15 11:23:05 2005
- Outrageous! This came from 2 normals?? n/m - Ji_, Wed Jun 15 11:56:13 2005
- The eyes are great ... - EricNL, Wed Jun 15 13:27:39 2005
- Awesome! - StonedReptiles, Wed Jun 15 16:25:45 2005
- A horrible example of a photoshop'd picture.............. - JohnLokken, Wed Jun 15 19:38:58 2005
- RE: Simply awesome Tim! Do you have pics of the parents you could show?? - ajfreptiles, Wed Jun 15 23:44:36 2005
- WOW THAT IS AWESOME~~~~ - BoaRepublic, Thu Jun 16 00:22:39 2005
- Genetics aren't my thang, so I'm not even going to touch that, BUT .... - Amanda_Burke, Thu Jun 16 18:09:56 2005
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I agree with Zenzinia... - Rainshadow, Thu Jun 16 00:08:19 2005