I have decided to share what I have been thinking about the past few months. I am not claiming to know any facts here...only what I have noticed.

We have been seeing alot of patternless boas of late, and to consider it a trait of a particular line is not accurate for me.

We have patternless hogs, patternless Surinames, patternless black boas and Purple patternless, patternless Harlequins.....Look at the half patternless Jeff Ronne produced...we got Mohawks..??...and probably a whole lot more that I have not seen yet.

Rich Ihle had said in a DVD I have, that the Salmon trait when it gets to a super level shows a reduced pattern.
From that statement I have been thinking...is it really a trait or are we breeding the pattern out of the boas??

It starts with stripes and aberancies. Then we notice that the stripes when bred produce REVERSE stripes, then with further breedings it would appear that we get the patternless boas.

I am not a genetics wizard, just an observer. This is only my own theory and I wanted to share for a discussion.
We agree that the Pastel trait is polygenic and that the trait strings along and all animals do not share the same specific qualities within a litter.
So what I am saying here is this, when breeding for stripes which is a concentrated pattern on the animal, is it not possible that some of the animals that get created would actually carry the genetic ability to eliminate the pattern altogether?

Just thought I would open up a can of worms..LOL..really though, what does anyone think about this? Thanks and have a great day! Andy Federico

AJF Reptiles


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