Is it true inbreeding albino turtles will not develop any genetic problems that is commonly seen in inbreeding normal turtles? I have a 1.1 pair of albino red ear sliders. If I keep on inbreeding their offsprings will I run into any health or deformity problems down the road? I think I read it somewhere in this forum that inbreeding albinos are totally safe compared to inbreeding normal ones. Please explain.
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Inbreeding Albino Turtles
davejoyce2000
Jun 30, 2004 10:05 PM
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spottedturtleman
Jul 01, 2004 05:31 PM
I have 2 albino males and one het female from the same clutch, This is my 4th year of breeding them together. All living things have one half of a mutated gene or het. For instance myself and my sister may have a recessive gene for three arms , as long as we dont breed with each other, ( I just vomited)lol we will be ok. The mutated gene with albino redears is albinism so in theory that will be the only MUTATION represented .If you breed two hets from the same father but different mothers it would be better but siblings will still be ok. I have heard that this doesnt work with albino boas but I dont know. I hope this helps I wouldn't want to vomit for nothing. LOL
TOM
Burmaboy
Jul 08, 2004 11:56 PM
Inbreeding eventually can lead to problems in breeding.As we compound our good genes, and build upon them, we are also compounding the bad genes. Oversimplified yes, but basically this is what happens. The three arm thing like the last post.
How critical this inbreeding thing is in turtles I dont know.
In a clutch of say 30 eggs, there are X number of variables in each progeny. Same as with litters of puppies...X number of variables within a given litter. Some may have the recessive gene, others you may have brought it to the forefront, and made it now a dominant or dominant recessive gene.
Again...I can go on for hours about this, but this not being Genetics 101...I can say this...go ahead and inbreed your turtles, but be willing to remove the less that perfect ones from your breeding program. And half sister, brother is a better choice, called line-breeding...breeding for a particular trait. Risky as well, but not as risky.
It is 1 am...did any of this make sense?
