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rainbowsrus
at Tue Jan 24 10:17:04 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by rainbowsrus ]
Morphs are caused by abnormal genes. Genes come in pairs, one supplied by the female and the other supplied by the mail.
Recessive traits require both abnormal genes to be present for the trait to visually show.
Dominant traits only require one gene for the trait to show AND cannot be 100% distinguished from those animals with both abnormal genes.
Co-dominant also requires one gene for the trait to show. The difference is there is a third "look" for those that have both genes.
Het refers to heterozygous or having only one abnormal gene
Hom (slang = super) is Homozygous or having both genes the same.
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Thanks,
Dave "Rainbows-R-Us"
0.1 Wife (WC)
0.2 kids (CBB)
4.12 Brazilian Rainbow Boa
2.1 Hypomelanistic BRB
0.1 Het for Hypomelanistic BRB
0.1 BCI "Elvira" normal from 1989
1.0 BCI albino / het-anery
0.1 BCI Hypo / het-albino
0.1 BCI Anery / het-albino
0.1 BCI Hypo (possible super)
1.0 BCI albino het stripe
1.0 BCI salmon hypo
0.1 BCI ghost
lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats 
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RE: what does mean by "recessive" , "(co-)dominant" ? - rainbowsrus, Tue Jan 24 10:17:04 2006