Onyx it is. You're first on the list :). TC
At 03:15 PM 12/20/00 -0800, you wrote:
>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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