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Hi, i was wondering how morphs are made amongst reptiles?
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delbalso

2 ways

1: They are selectively bred. For example the first tangerine leopard geckos were the product of selective breeding. The geckos with the most orange were bred to one another and over the generations the trait was refined.

2: They are discovered. This is the case with recessive traits such as albino, blizzard, patternless, etc. in leopard geckos. These traits are controlled by a single gene. There is no way to achieve the morph through selective breeding they either have the gene or don't. Selective breeding can, however, be used to refine one of these traits. Tangerine albinos are an example of this.

Hope this helps,
Alice

Well, they are discorvered, but that doesn't explain how they come to be. Recessive traits are basically just mutations that instead of negatively or possitively affecting them, just change the color. For color morphs any way.
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