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Mike_Russell
at Fri Jun 6 18:34:12 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Mike_Russell ]
Hmm, based on what you are saying Tracy, I don't think we know as much about genetics as we think we do. It doesn't seem like it can be as simple as Mendelian genetics based on the evidence.
As mentioned above, a clutch of 9 from a homozygous to a het has a 1 in 512 (.195%) chance of there being no visuals. With how common it sounds based on what you said above, it just seems like Mendelian genetics are not capturing the whole picture. Especially when you are talking about boa clutches. If there were 30 eggs, the chances of no visuals are about .0000000009%. The chances of only one visual are .000000056%.
Don't get me wrong. Crazy, unlikely things do happen. And you are 100% correct, even 30 is not a large enough sample size. Even so, if this is not all that unheard of, it makes me question our understanding of genetics.
Of course I could be completely wrong lol
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- RE: Ouch - latin1956, Fri Jun 6 05:21:14 2008
- RE: Ouch - Tracy Barker, Fri Jun 6 05:32:04 2008
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RE: Ouch - Mike_Russell, Fri Jun 6 18:34:12 2008
- Exact same here last year - mikebell, Fri Jun 6 07:52:02 2008
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