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Any one out there has ever breed a co-dom normal sib to a morph of the same co-dom morph and got better than average results?

thats a really interesting question. i have a female that does not give me that many visuals - and it's not just bad luck - this is year after year. i've been wondering if some of these genes are weaker in some animals - if that is even possible. as in, do some lines produce more visual offspring?

and if you were to breed within that line, would it help that weaker gene link up?

i dont know if that's what your getting at, but it sounds like it might be?

I was wondering because I just hatched out my first clutch of spiders and some of the sibs seem to have less of a "normal" pattern. so that is why i was wondering if a sib to a co dom would produce more of the co doms than just a regular normal. Or maybe there is something more to it. I don't know just wanted some opinions on the subject.

no they will not, if its a normal, its a normal. it wont produce more or less than what it is genetically and/or statistically possible to produce, outside of luck of the draw. the genetics all work the same regardless what the morph is. a normal can only contribute "normal" genes, so producing more or less of a morph has absolutely 100% nothing at all to do with a normal parent. its all dependent on how the cell split from the morph parent(s)
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>>no they will not, if its a normal, its a normal. it wont produce more or less than what it is genetically and/or statistically possible to produce, outside of luck of the draw. the genetics all work the same regardless what the morph is. a normal can only contribute "normal" genes, so producing more or less of a morph has absolutely 100% nothing at all to do with a normal parent. its all dependent on how the cell split from the morph parent(s)
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All true..however,

Everything is genetic...(Kind of like a cartoon,if it wasn't drawn in,then it just isn't there.)..,and there are visual traits that are inheritable yet aren't as extreme as something like a pastel or spider etc....I actually proved out a new super a few years back that was less than impressive,so i just put it to bed,,done.

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