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E2MacPets
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after seeing all these het pics something tells me the bell albino gene is not just a matter of simple dominance/recessiveness.....it seems there might be some incomplete dominance going on.
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Christina

1.3.1 leos
-0.1 tangerine het rainwater albino w/jungle background (Blinkers)

-0.2 jungles (Vahz & Skissor)

-0.0.1 albino (supposed Tremper)(Spitfire)

-1.0 tangerine rainwater albino (Bronx)

1.0 Australian Shepherd/Cattle dog cross (Foster)

i do not believe so, it's the fact that high quality animals are being crossed with the bell trait making for much nicer hets... seems like in some other leo morphs say blizzard some hets have a distinct look...... almost looks pepperish... it isnt some sorta dominant thing its just what alot of blizz's look like not all of them however. with the bells their might be something like that going on but i doubt of any kind of dominant or recessive trait.... most people in the past would breed their low end animals to the morph to make hets... it's not so now... people are breeding some of there best to the morphs to produce nicer hets and in the end nicer morph animals, thats all
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-robin struck
Geckoheads And Geeks

I'm just looking at how the overall color is generally less "dark" in the hets that pics have been shown of...generally albino is caused by a simple recessiveness...however since a lot of the hets seem to have a sort of intermediate color it leads me to suspect that there may be incomplete dominance for the gene. Of course this is based on only a few specimens...so its definitely not any sort of definitive conclusion...lol I just don't think breeding high quality animals would result in intermediate colors like that (unless its pastels or smt maybe...lol).
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Christina

1.3.1 leos
-0.1 tangerine het rainwater albino w/jungle background (Blinkers)

-0.2 jungles (Vahz & Skissor)

-0.0.1 albino (supposed Tremper)(Spitfire)

-1.0 tangerine rainwater albino (Bronx)

1.0 Australian Shepherd/Cattle dog cross (Foster)

E2MacPets

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E2MacPets
http://www.e2macpets.com

well mine were are crosses from hypo and super hypo tangerines from kelli hammack.... less black you see is the hypo trait
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-robin struck
Geckoheads And Geeks

I didn't mean less black...but it seemed like most of them had dark lavender type colors instead of black, and faded colors on the rest of the body... The fact that some do appear normal could just be because of other genes affecting it...usually with incomplete dominance the final appearance is not very consistent because it is affected by a lot of other genes, and sometimes even by sex. I could very well be wrong...but there's a possibility that I'm right...lol
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Christina

1.3.1 leos
-0.1 tangerine het rainwater albino w/jungle background (Blinkers)

-0.2 jungles (Vahz & Skissor)

-0.0.1 albino (supposed Tremper)(Spitfire)

-1.0 tangerine rainwater albino (Bronx)

1.0 Australian Shepherd/Cattle dog cross (Foster)

i di understand how what you are seeing is lavendars and reduced coloring is an effect of the hypo gene.... it is belived that the true ray hine hypos are a co dominant trait... if this is the case... there is the explantion for these colors... they just happen to be bell hets
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-robin struck
Geckoheads And Geeks

There's no hypo in my bloodline that I am aware of, Robin. Which also explains why my bell hets don't look anywhere near as gorgeous as yours! But frou frou isn't everything
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E2MacPets
http://www.e2macpets.com

I just like to try to understand the genetics behind things...I guess I'm wierd like that..lol Since his have no hypo blood in them then maybe it is some sort of incomplete dominance....I don't know...I'm just trying to explain things to myself...lol
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Christina

1.3.1 leos
-0.1 tangerine het rainwater albino w/jungle background (Blinkers)

-0.2 jungles (Vahz & Skissor)

-0.0.1 albino (supposed Tremper)(Spitfire)

-1.0 tangerine rainwater albino (Bronx)

1.0 Australian Shepherd/Cattle dog cross (Foster)

The dark bell het is from the same clutch as that hypoish one i posted. more to ponder.
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E2MacPets
http://www.e2macpets.com