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How much variation in scale counts of a litter of brb's is there? Or is there any? Are scale counts a reproduced trait?
For instance, if you breed a 45 male to a 45 female will it produce offspring with 45 scales? Or does it depend on the count of the original m/f and the count of those whose offspring they are?

Actually the simple version would be can one produce offspring with fewer and fewer scales?

I see no point in doing that just curious.
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"There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance- that principle is contempt prior to investigation." Herbert Spencer

Linda,
. There is variation in scale counts of babies from the same litter. I have actually counted scale rows on BRBs from the same litter and found 46 to 50 scale rows. Counting when they are small is really tough but after they get some size it is easy.
Jeff

>>How much variation in scale counts of a litter of brb's is there? Or is there any? Are scale counts a reproduced trait?
>>For instance, if you breed a 45 male to a 45 female will it produce offspring with 45 scales? Or does it depend on the count of the original m/f and the count of those whose offspring they are?
>>
>>Actually the simple version would be can one produce offspring with fewer and fewer scales?
>>
>>I see no point in doing that just curious.
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>>"There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance- that principle is contempt prior to investigation." Herbert Spencer