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Question about Patternless Albino's?

Rob&Michelle Jun 20, 2003 10:59 PM

I just bought an adult male patternless but he is 100% het for rain water albino's. I bought him off of crested gecko. He is perfect and a really big guy. I'm just wondering if anyone knows where to find hets for rainwater patternless albinos or just hets for them? Does anyone know if anyone has female patternless rain waters (albino's)? One more question would I get any rainwater albinos if I bred this male with female rainwater albinos, that are not hets? Any comments would be very helpful

Thank You,
Rob

Replies (4)

ragnew Jun 20, 2003 11:21 PM

I think you'd get

50% - double het (patternless albinos)
50% - albinos that are het for patternless

I think this is right, but I could be wrong.

richie

thefiradragon Jun 20, 2003 11:51 PM

i dont know where you could get them
but as for the breeding Q you would get Rainwaters that are 100% het for patternless,
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Just A Thought
Ashley
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aliceinwl Jun 21, 2003 12:38 AM

Every leo has two copies of every gene, one from mom and one from dad. In this case your leo got a patternless gene from both its parents causing it to show the patternless trait. This trait is recessive to the normal trait (spots), if it had one copy of the normal gene it would express that trait rather than the patternless trait.

The albino gene operates in the same way. Since your gecko is not an albino it got an albino gene from one parent and a gene for normal pigmentation from the other.

Your gecko can only contribute a patternless gene to its offspring. But, since its only het fro albion there is a 50% chance that it will pass on an albino gene and a 50% chance that it will pass on a gene for normal pigmentation.

If you breed him to an albino 50% of the babies will be albino and 50% will be het for albino, but all would be het for patternless.

If you breed him to another patternless het for albino all the babies would be patternless. But, 25% would not have the albino gene at all, 50% would be het for albino, and 25% would be albino patternless.

If you breed him to an albino het for patternless, 25% will be double hets, 25% will be albino het for patternless, 25% will be patternless het for albino and 25% will be patternless albinos.

Hope this helps
Alice

groundgeckofreak Jun 21, 2003 06:31 AM

np

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