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spiderXspider..can it produce normals?
irishanaconda
May 23, 2009 08:42 AM
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RandyRemington
May 23, 2009 09:12 AM
A spider is a het, it has one mutant copy of the spider gene from one parent and a normal copy of the spider gene from the other. When a spider breeds it randomly gives either the mutant or non mutant copy to each offspring (or at least we think it's random). Theory predicts that 25% of the offspring from spider X spider should get the non mutant version of the spider gene from both parents and be completely normal.
The big question is what happens to the 25% that by theory should get the spider gene from both parents and be homozygous spider. No one has yet come forward with a homozygous spider which even if it did look like a normal heterozygous spider (i.e. if spider is a dominant mutation) could be proven by producing only spiders out of lots of babies when bred to non spiders.
kingofspades
May 23, 2009 11:27 AM
You'd probably have to breed it 3-4 times to prove it wasn't just luck as well.
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