Woah! Very cool! Was it a one-of-a-kind in the whole clutch? Or are there others? Would be very neat to figure out if it's predictably genetic, or an incubation quirk.
08-26-2011, 06:16 PM
Stewart_Reptiles
That is very cool :gj:
08-26-2011, 06:19 PM
mpkeelee
Wow definitely something to keep an eye on. That is definitely a future project
08-26-2011, 06:29 PM
ragoon
Re: Pied jag?!!
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Originally Posted by JLC
Woah! Very cool! Was it a one-of-a-kind in the whole clutch? Or are there others? Would be very neat to figure out if it's predictably genetic, or an incubation quirk.
Unfortunately, only one of the five. :P
08-26-2011, 06:46 PM
purplemuffin
Very cool.. Will keep an eye on this. Hopefully this turns out well and also has healthy snakes!
08-26-2011, 06:48 PM
SlytherynHiss
I WANT one! That is awesome!
08-26-2011, 08:19 PM
Russ Lawson
Considering the homozygous form of jaguar carpets is leucistic (though that seems to work out as a fatal mutation), I would be willing to bet that this animal is expressing mosaic monosomy in those white areas. This is that the white areas on that animal lack a second allele at the jaguar locus, and as a result it appears that the homozygous form (leucistic) is expressed in those areas because of the presence of only one allele at the jaguar locus in those particular spots. I find this to be a curious case indeed, and I am interested to hear how this animal does considering the neurological issues associated with the jaguar mutation (and that which ultimately result in fatality in leucistic carpets). Thanks for sharing!
