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Morbid · Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 1:25 pm Post subject: Genetic-question..

Right..

I would like for somebody that knows anything about genetics to help me here..

I have 1.1 Vipera a. ammodytes that have been breeding several times, they are both gray as groundcolour and have darkgray/black zigzags on their backs. Both looking as the species should do from the location that they are from. I had cluthces from them 3 or 4 times, and all the juveniles have been looking as the parents, ofcourse with some individual differances. Only one of the young ones came out totally different. Black and white instead of gray.

How is that possible? And what is the morph, if it is to be counted for as one?

Here´s a couple of pictures, just to show you the differance between the black/white offspring (known as "Zok") and the parents..

Here is tha male..

.. and here is the female.

Introducing... "Zok"..

Zok are also a proud father. I wanted to try the gene, just to see what would happen if I used him as a male in a breedingproject. The female is yellowish.

This is what came out:

http://www.terrariummorbidum.se/forum/viewtopic.php?t=204
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JStroud · Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 7:21 pm Post subject:

I'd be tempted to say you hatched out an axanthic Wink

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Morbid · Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 7:41 pm Post subject:

JStroud · Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 7:45 pm Post subject:

As far as I'm aware, you'll be much safer asking the 'morph' lovers, but I think its the absence of all colour pigments in the scales bar melanin (black pigment). This will leave, theoretically, a black and white (all pigment absent) patternation Cool

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Morbid · Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 2:41 pm Post subject:

Ahaa.. Thanks..

Is it not strange that this is the only one looking like this? I wonder if the parents are the carrier of the gene, and that they ofcourse have the allele in the same place. Or if this specimen has a mutated gene in itself. This males offspring are in many ways looking like him, so the gene can be passed on.
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Morbid · Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 2:24 pm Post subject:

Moderator: Please move this topic to "Morphs"- section.. Laughing

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JStroud · Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 2:30 pm Post subject:

Will do and lets see how many more replies you get from ball python keepers Laughing

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Morbid · Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 4:52 pm Post subject:

JStroud · Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 2:10 pm Post subject:

*bump*

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smileyculture · Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 12:23 am Post subject: