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RE: Melanistic Thayeri Inquiry...

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Posted by: Jlassiter at Wed Jan 11 20:05:28 2012   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Jlassiter ]  
   

>>I wonder about the polymorphic thing. I know someone that bred melanistic to melanistic and said they got all melanistics. Have you or Shannon ever gotten a decent size clutch from melanistic parents and if so what hatched out? All melanistics?


No we haven't....honestly I've never produced single melanistic thayeri....but many have produced all melanistic offspring from melanistic parents.....Bob Hansen did last year........

Frank Retes claims it is a simple recessive trait..........and I believe it is......not only because FR said so but because there is only one well known breeder that claims it is a polymorphic random occurrence........

I produced some possible het melanistic thayeri from a "het" male bred to a normal female last year....... A few offspring have black ventrals and lots of melanin........

I am going to breed 2.1 Lemke line melanistics and 1.1 het melanistics this year......I often wonder if there are multiple lines though....
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John Lassiter
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