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Just a few recent shots from the collection.

'05 Tiger-Jaguar

'02 88% Diamond

'04 Jaguar Sibling

Another '04 Jaguar Sibling

'04 Tiger

Enjoy!!!
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Will Leary
Reptilicus Reptiles
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Hey Will,

I was just wondering about a few things -

Seeing as Jags and Tigers are generally accepted as being 'genetic mutations', how many founding sires have the captive bred populus originated from?

And;

What proportion, at a guess, of the captive bred populus are inbred?

Cheers,
Aaron.
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Happy Herping

Aaron,

As far as I know, both the Jaguar and the Tiger are unique and started with a single founder animal. The first Jaguar was produced in '94 by Jan Eric Engell of Norway, and the first Tiger supposedly originated with Neville James of California back in about '95. All Jaguars and all Tigers are direct descendants of these two animals.

However, if you consider that both of these morphs are thought to be co-dominant(ish), a different non-Jaguar, or non-Tiger, parent can be utilized with every generation. This means there is ample opportunity to introduce fresh genes into the line every time you breed them. All of this is in stark contrast to recessive mutations which often involve the offspring being bred back to the parents, etc.
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Will Leary
Reptilicus Reptiles
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Thanks Will,

I wasn't sure if the gene was recessive or semi-dominant/dominant.

Cheers,
Aaron.
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Happy Herping

np

Thank you for the compliments! Here are some shots of our '04 Tiger-Jaguar...

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Will Leary
Reptilicus Reptiles
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