Hello everyone
I am still having problem with distinguishing between hypo and het.
Can someone clarify please.
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help me clarify please
k_vongpha
Jan 31, 2009 09:44 PM
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PHLdyPayne
Feb 01, 2009 03:12 AM
Heterozygous – possessing two different genes for a given trait. Often a carrier for a morph such as albino but appears normal physically.
Hypo basically means 'less' so a hypomelanistic animal will have less dark pigment (melanin). Thus in bearded dragons, they lack the dark greys and browns.
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midnight_962002
Feb 01, 2009 09:54 AM
When someone says that they have a dragon that is Hypo. It means that the dragon has visible characteristics. Clear nails and lacking dark pigmentation.
When some says that they have a dragon that is Het for Hypo. They are saying that the dragons genetics have Hypo blood but, it doesn't have the visible characteristics.
The terms are important for breeding because to get a Hypo dragon you need two parents that already have it in there blood.
Ernie
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Amazonreptile
Feb 03, 2009 01:29 PM
>>Hello everyone
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>>I am still having problem with distinguishing between hypo and het.
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>>Can someone clarify please.
Lady Payne had it right.
I just want to add that from my knowledge hypo is not a simple recessive trait. If this is true then that means there is no "het for hypo".
Just in case this is what you had in mind.
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chris allen
Feb 04, 2009 10:42 AM
Not sure I follow........but I think the discussion is referring to clear nailed hypos----in which case that is a simple recessive trait.........in which case you do have hets. The homozygous form would be the clear nailed hypo, and the hets the resulting offspring not exhibiting the clear nails but carrying the gene.
Amazonreptile
Feb 04, 2009 12:56 PM
Perhaps you can explain how we put two clear nailed animals together and got babies with AND without clear nails.
That in any other genre points to a multiple gene influence and not a simple mendelian genetic condition.
>>Not sure I follow........but I think the discussion is referring to clear nailed hypos----in which case that is a simple recessive trait.........in which case you do have hets. The homozygous form would be the clear nailed hypo, and the hets the resulting offspring not exhibiting the clear nails but carrying the gene.
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chris allen
Feb 04, 2009 03:25 PM
Maybe the exception and not the rule, or like you say some other factor involved. If thats the case, then why are there het hypos producing hypos?
