Hey, I have this really light colored male burm, almost light golden pattern. If bred to an albino, could there possibly be like a gene for the snow burm in there in a couple generations? The guy has almost no brown at all and wide spaces between the pattern.
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genetics question
guyinaz
Apr 06, 2006 02:24 PM
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LarryF
Apr 07, 2006 02:58 PM
>>Hey, I have this really light colored male burm, almost light golden pattern. If bred to an albino, could there possibly be like a gene for the snow burm in there in a couple generations? The guy has almost no brown at all and wide spaces between the pattern.
Your description sounds like a hyopmelanistic (reduced melanin) burm if anything. Albinos are amelanistic (no melanin). Most likely the only things you would get would be albinos, hypos and hets for the two. What you need is an axanthic burm (no yellow) to breed with an albino... Don't hold your breath while you look for one.
guyinaz
Apr 09, 2006 06:43 PM
Thanx, just the answer I needed. I'm always coming across reduced melanin burms out here and just wanted to know. Didn't even think about the yellow...
