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0.1 02' Hurricane motley het stripped opal

bloodpython171 Feb 10, 2005 09:22 AM

here she is:

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Darin Chappell Feb 10, 2005 02:46 PM

Your snake may be het opal (het lavender and amelanism), but there isn't any way for a motley animal to be het for stripe since the motley gene and the stripe gene are allelic to one another (that is, they are on the same location on the DNA strand).

An animal can be motley, striped, or motley striped, but when those two genes are involved, it is not possible to be homozygous for one and het for the other.

Hope I explained that OK, and that it helps a bit...
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Darin Chappell
Hillbilly Herps
PO Box 254
Rogersville, MO 65742

bloodpython171 Feb 10, 2005 09:20 PM

Ok, thanks

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