Hidden Gene Lessers?

[Wexotics]

I am a little confused about these guys. Is NERDS line the same as Ralphs and do they make the same combos

Thank You

[sookieball]

Ive never heard of hidden gene lessers? Womas yes but lessers? Links please!

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[Wexotics]

http://newenglandreptile.com/cart/21-lesser-platinums

[Steveoo]

the lessers have a "daddy platy" gene, this might be the "hidden".

[Wexotics]

I thought only the sibs to of daddy platy cluthces carried this. How is it that NERDS line has the hidden gene in the lesser without it expressing itself?

[OhhWatALoser]

I thought only the sibs to of daddy platy cluthces carried this. How is it that NERDS line has the hidden gene in the lesser without it expressing itself?

been wondering the same thing myself

[Serpent_Nirvana]

Huh!

Interesting. This is actually the first I've heard of them.

I had been under the impression that the soul sucker was "just" HGW x lesser, but it looks like NERD suspects there is a 3rd gene at work as well ..?

I wonder if it's really a "hidden" (extra, epistatic) gene, or if it's a new member of the famed "BEL complex" ... Or what?

And if you don't get a "soul sucker" breeding HGW x lesser -- what do you get?

[Serpent_Nirvana]

Hmm, I may have answered my own question ...

I guess this:

http://newenglandreptile.com/nerd/in...-platinum.html

Is "just" an HGW x lesser.

The "soul sucker" evidently has a more light pigmentation to it:

http://newenglandreptile.com/nerd/in...ul-sucker.html

... So it seems maybe the "hidden gene" in that combo is what you might call a "highlighter" gene ..?

Still can't tell if it's a whole separate gene or a different bloodline of lessers (ie, a completely different morph), tho ...

[Ophiu¢hus]

Kevin said that the hidden gene lesser came from Noah. Noah breed a "Daddy Platy" to a "Queen Belinda" and made hidden gene lessers. I also remember Ralph saying that a lesser can not have a "Daddy Platy" gene, so my assumption is that the hidden gene refers to the "Queen Belinda" gene. Kevin gets into brief detail in the 2010 September Reptile Radio episode.

[Wexotics]

What is a Queen Belinda?