What do you get when you breed a NE axanthic Brooksi to an Anery (normal axanthic) Brooksi? Will you get all normal double het. babies? how does this gene work. Is it like when you cross to different albino strains,like lavender albinos to T-albinos? has any one done this?
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Brooksi Morph Question! Axanthic to Anery?
ZFelicien
Nov 13, 2004 01:05 AM
Replies (4)
bluerosy
Nov 13, 2004 01:05 PM
anerythristic and axanthic are one and the same gene. The two terms can be used interchangably and are.
The confusion comes from a mostly yellow snake(axanthic) or a mostly red snake(anery)..problem is the yellows and reds in brooksi come from the same xantophores.
ZFelicien
Nov 13, 2004 03:52 PM
n/p
Sasheena
Nov 17, 2004 07:32 AM
>>The confusion comes from a mostly yellow snake(axanthic) or a mostly red snake(anery)..problem is the yellows and reds in brooksi come from the same xantophores.
Don't know much about Axanthic, but it was my understanding that Anerythristic... is like Amelanism.... lack of melanin, lack of ... erithrin? (dunno if that is right) .... in other words, an ANERY snake LACKS red... least that is how it is with corn snakes. Just sort of found the explanation leaving me with more questions than answers.
AND here's a pic of one of my babies...
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~Sasheena
snakericks
Nov 28, 2004 07:55 PM
anerythristic and axanthic are NOT one and the same gene.In simple terms erythopores produce red pigment,erythristic pretains to red,anerythristic pretains to no red.Xanthophores produce yellow pigment,xanthic pretains to yellow pigment,axanthic pretains to no yellow pigment.Once you know this info. then it is very understandable that anerythristic and axanthic are NOT one and the same gene under any circumstances.Yes the two terms can be used interchangably but that would incorrect.There is no confusion once the equation is understood.A mostly yellow snake{axanthic}that is incorrect, a mostly yellow snake would be termed {xanthic},a mostly red snake{anery.}that is incorrect,a mostly red snake would be termed {erythristic}.There is no problem in yellows and reds in brooksi,if the snake in question shows reds,those reds come from erythophores,if the snake shows yellows,those yellows come from xanthophores,but no way can reds come from xanthophores or yellows come from erythophores.
