Hello Chris,
While the Tremper strain is t+, it's also possible that the Rainwater
strain is t+ as well as the result of a different mutation of the same
gene. I've got an idea of how this would happen but it would take some
testing to verify it.
I'll you you posted.
Wednesday, April 04, 2001, 1:53:40 AM, you wrote:
C> Tony...would you be interested in posting your results to the leopard gecko
C> forum at kingsnake.com? I know I and MANY others would like to know the
C> "scoop". I have speculated from the beginning that the Tremper strain was a
C> T+ albino, but did not know / could not afford to conduct such a test.
C> Later,
C> Chris
C> P.S. T+/T- would explain why the Tremper X Rainwater yields normals.
C> ----- Original Message -----
C> From: Tony Gamble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
C> To: Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
C> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 8:13 PM
C> Subject: [Gecko] Albino leopards (was:meaning of "hypo")
>> Hello Chris,
>> I've got results of a dopa test on Tremper albinos, they're t+. I'm
>> looking for another Rainwater sample to test and maybe some of the
>> other strains that are floating around (Mark Bell's, Mark Leshcok's,
>> etc...). It took me a few tries to standardize the test (which is how I
>> lost my first precious Rainwater sample) but I've got it down now.
>> I'm giving a talk at the Minnesota Academy of Sciences meeting later this
>> month about my preliminary results with leopard gecko albinism.
>>
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Best regards,
Tony mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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