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Chance
at Sat Jun 7 19:04:05 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Chance ]
I understand your thinking and you make a valid point. Lots of people I've talked to about w.c. mutations tend to think the same thing, about needing hets to find each other in the wild. However, I think that line of thought is slightly in error. For the mutation to exist in the first place, it had to begin somewhere. That beginning is a random mutation in an animal's genetic makeup, probably occurring during crossing over before the embryo begins developing. This would produce the mutation in question, whether it be a lavender albino, normal albino, spider, pastel, etc. These animals, if they survive, would then either go on to be collected or breed and produce similar animals. Of course, in most cases their lack of proper camo wipes them out of the gene pool before they grow much anyway. My point is just that you don't necessarily have to have hets floating around in the wild for a wild albino to turn up. That wild albino could, and at some point certainly had to, be the result of a simple random mutation regardless of the genetic makeup of the parents that produced it.
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Chance Duncan
Science Teacher, Herp Enthusiast, and Reptilian Conservation Proponent
www.rvexotics.com
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RE: Lavs Hatching - Chance, Sat Jun 7 19:04:05 2008