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Leucistic question

UroJade Jun 02, 2003 09:17 PM

my baby that i just got is a LeucisticXOrange, if she was bred to another LeucisticX somthing when she's old enough would any of the babys be Leucistic? or would they be het for leucistic, or what would they be? im tired and im just confusing myself trying to figure it out

Replies (3)

djdhrone Jun 02, 2003 09:26 PM

if you breed to another het 25% will be true leucistic by theory. and all the rest will be hets and carry the genes. where do you live? i have a het male and hes going crazy to find a het or luec female. he breeds to everything i put in their

grimdog Jun 02, 2003 09:51 PM

Ok it seems people claim that leuc. is recesive, or codom at least. So if you bree a het leuc. to a het leuc. you get 25% leuc. then you would get 50% hets and 25% normals. if you can't tell the hets from the normals then all the normal looking ones are 66% poss het for leuc. meaning that out of every 3 normal looking ones 2 will be het, and one will be normal. I don't know if this is the way leuc works in dragons. I am not sure that anyone has an absolutely correct answer. I think some people missrepresent things as leuc. Sure Kevin from dragon's den knows for sure.
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Derek Affonce
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UroJade Jun 03, 2003 01:56 PM

i live in north east PA, but my females only 3 monthes so it'll be a while

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