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A friend of mine brought up the dwarf Retics and their genetics and when is the snake a true dwarf. That really got me thinking. I see several "dwarfs" for sale on the KS classifieds where the seller states that the sire or dam was a Jampea and the other parent a normal. So that would make the resulting offspring only 50% true genetic dwarfs. Correct?????? If that is the case then why are the snakes being sold as Dwarf Retics?????????

That in turn raised a few more questions in my mind like when it comes down to the dwarf tigers. From what I know there is has not been a genetic dwarf tiger found in the wild. So that would mean that a breeder would've bred a Jamp (or other dwarf locality) to a normal tiger. So agian the resulting offspring would only be 50% dwarf. Correct????

I am again curious as to why some sellers are selling these "dwarf tigers" when they are not true dwarfs.

If anyone can shed some light on this that would be great.
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Christine
Tails With Scales Reptiles
Looks, brains, and venom . . . . how do I stay single?

you brought up a good question...

when breeding a dwarf to a mainland (just as in any other breeding regardless of species) your gonna get a mixed bag.

some will look like dwarfs but will have the mainland influence in regards to size... some will look like mainland retics but will have the dwarf size influence... really there is no way to tell except to raise one up and see what happens... in regards to egg and hatchling size (again this applies to all species), this is not a good indicator of adult size... there are genetics, food intake, and environmental factors that are factored into the equation.

hope that helps.
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Reticulatus.Net

Thank you but I think I may still be missunderstanding.

I would think that the entire clutch would be 50% dwarf due to the one parent being a true dwarf. If my biology /genetics training served me right that is the way it works. Kinda like what can happen when you breed a normal to a tiger? Am I making sense?
It's not like the dwarfism gene is a heterozygous or homozygous trait. At least not from what I was taught. It's also very well know that there are some big dwarfs out there and some really little ones. HHhhhhhmmmm ...................... I just don't know.
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Christine
Tails With Scales Reptiles
Looks, brains, and venom . . . . how do I stay single?

you cant use a punnet square with dwarf x mainland breedings... its a roll of the dice... no way to predict what is what.
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Reticulatus.Net