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I got some more information on my new girl who is coming home soon. She is a cross between a Kevin Dunne albino and a Tremper. What sort of phenotype can I expect from the adult version of the animal (based partially on genetics and partially on the pic below)? And can somebody shed some light on Kevin Dunne albinos? I have only heard of Rainwater, Tremper, and Bells so far.

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-Kristin

First of all you can't cross albinos and end up with an albino. As for a Dunne albino I've never heard of him or his albino strain. Does he have a website? I don't claim to be the know it all of Leos but this sounds a little shady.
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Brian
www.thewindycitygecko.com

Kevin Dunne works with Rainwaters... So it is Rainwater Albino cross Tremper.
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Preston Berry
www.coolgeckos.com
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She will look like a normal, just as she does now. Her bands will break up and turn into spots. But she will be carrying the genes for tremper albino and Las Vegas albino.

According to a post above mine, Kevin Dunne works with Rainwater (aka Las Vegas) albinos. It seems who ever it was that sold you the gecko was just trying to throw in a name to make themselves sound smarter, or they didnt know what they were talking about, or they really think Kevin Dunne produces outstanding geckos. Kinda like how I tell people that my Tremper Blazing Blizzard stud, Darius, was produced by Alex Hue. It just shows that I invested in one of the better known and well trusted breeders who produces top of the line geckos.

As for albino types, there are three well known, and a possible fourth that is well known, but rarely talked about as albino.

There are:
Tremper (Texas)
Bell (Florida)
Rainwater (Las Vegas)

And then there is the eye gene from the RAPTOR project. Test breedings are being conducted right now, and it may take a while to prove out one way or another, but the RAPTOR gene seems to be a new form of albinism. It is the same as the all black eyed Eclipse, only an albino version. The debate is that it is the albino version of Eclipse at the same locus (location on the DNA strand) or that it is the Eclipse gene being affected by the tremper albino gene that makes up the "A" in RAPTOR and APTOR. To prove it out one way or another breeders must either make a non-tremper-albino RAPTOR (a RPTOR) or make a Tremper albino that is also Eclipse and see what the eye color is. Very intresting stuff!!! I wish I could jump in and start testing it out myself, but I dont have the genetics required...
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I assumed the gecko wouldn't express the albino phenotype based on the dark colorations I can see - but I still think she's pretty. As far as the breeder, I think she probably used the name of the breeder to show that she invested in a high quality animal - as she seems to really know her stuff about geckos. She reccommended "The Herpetoculture of Leopard Geckos" to me, but I am going to buy it later when I have more money, and when I get closer to thinking about breeding.

So I am assuming I could invest in either a Tremper or a Rainwater male and get albino babies. Is one "better" than another? Which is more desirable by consumers?
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-Kristin

I really dont know... There are more Trempers out there but thats because its an older gene and has been included in more morphs. Its really up to you. I myself like the tremper gene...
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