I vote for "Onyx" and I want one!
Cyndy
On Thu, 21 Dec 2000 01:38:12 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (A. J. Chiarello)
writes:
> This persons logic is a little off, but genetics can be
> tricky. Sometimes
> there may be two genes on separate alleles that both influence the
> physical
> representation of a trait. They compete over which traits may show.
> This
> is not the rule though, and does not apply to most of the
> characteristics
> that we've discussed(as far as science knows....got to put in the
> disclaimer.) Some genes are in fact sex-linked (boys may have and
> girls
> don't) and this is easily seen by the color differences in some
> species,
> but this usually doesn't apply to albinism and the others.
> Glad you liked my new designer morph. Hitting stores this
> spring in a
> town near you :).
> A deep purple lizard would be something. I've always wanted
> to breed a
> solid black leopard gecko. No luck as of yet though :(. Maybe the
> "Onyx
> leopard gecko" or the "Coal leopard gecko?" TC
>
>
> At 12:52 PM 12/20/00 -0500, you wrote:
> >Thanks for the explanation, Tony & TC.
> >
> >At least now it makes sense.
> >
> >I'd wondered about the info I had, but it came from an 'expert', so
> I
> figured it
> >should be right, but somehow didn't make sense.
> >
> >This person implied that the genetics explanations used the term
> 'look
> normal'
> >to refer to the dominant colour in the crosses. Normal, could be
> the wild
> type
> >colours, or whichever was more dominant of the two colours being
> crossed.
> More
> >dominant? Got me thinking.
> >
> >Don't laugh, but .... according to what I'd been told, if you
> crossed, as an
> >example, a normal and albino, the hets would look normal, since
> it's dominant
> >over albino. No problems there. But, taking 'recessive' traits like
> albino
> and
> >patternless, you'd get hets that look patternless, since according
> to this
> >source, patternless is dominant over albino. The 'look normal' hets
> would in
> >this case be patternless carrying albino genes. What really got me
> suspicious
> >was the suggestion that 'two equally recessive' traits (whatever
> that term
> >means), would fight it out. The topper was that in this case,
> blizzard and
> >albino, both being 'equally recessive', the daughters would be
> whatever the
> >mother is, the sons take after father, but all would carry the
> other parent's
> >genes. Once I heard that, I just knew something wasn't right.
> >This expert also said that all the normal looking hets I'd seen had
> to
> have been
> >normal X somethings, to have the offspring with normal colours.
> Albino X
> >patternless would have been patternless coloured hets.
> >
> >Live and learn. huh?
> >
> >
> >> That's how you might get a het for
> >> patternless/blazing/avocado/samurai/stapler leopard gecko :)
> >
> >
> >Sounds like you're describing a vibrant green coloured patternless
> 'hot
> female'
> >who glues her eggs to the nesting box.
> >
> >I've also heard rumours that someone is working on a deep purple
> leopard, not
> >just lavender. Since it's from the same expert I mentioned, should
> I take
> that
> >with a grain of salt? I'm a purple addict, so I'd really love to
> know this
> >tidbit of info is real.
> >
> >
> >Hilde
> >
> >
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