I found this very interesting

So i thought id share. Its funny how so many people have such strong opinons on how certian genetics MUST work when in fact crazier things have happened
http://youtu.be/xyvq4CFkZDo

Strange. If it did in fact come from a normal x BEL...why is it a BEL? It SHOULD be mojave.

That's crazy! Great looking snake.

I think you might be the guy I talked to at the Lexington show a few weeks back about this phenomenon.

Science is awesome! Just when you got something "figured out" a variable presents its self in the form of nature. Amazing little surprise.

Cool! I'd never even considered that this could happen. How rare a phenom is this?

I cant watch the video at the moment, but I have heard of a mojave x dinker female that popped out a bel.

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Originally Posted by snakehobbyist

Strange. If it did in fact come from a normal x BEL...why is it a BEL? It SHOULD be mojave.

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Turn your sound on when you watch the video, he explains the best theory we have at the time.


I'm curious what happen when it reproduces, if the theory is true.

Does it always throw the mojave gene, since the other gene is damaged, thus making it act like a true BEL?
Does the damage gene get passed as a damaged/not expressed gene, with the ability to keep producing this phenomenon?
Or depending on why it's damaged/not being expressed does it pass as normal, thus making the animal a mojave that looks like a BEL.
or is the theory completely wrong?

can't wait to hear the results of that animal's offspring. there have been a couple animals popping up with this going on.

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Originally Posted by OhhWatALoser

Turn your sound on when you watch the video, he explains the best theory we have at the time.


I'm curious what happen when it reproduces, if the theory is true.

Does it always throw the mojave gene, since the other gene is damaged, thus making it act like a true BEL?
Does the damage gene get passed as a damaged/not expressed gene, with the ability to keep producing this phenomenon?
Or depending on why it's damaged/not being expressed does it pass as normal, thus making the animal a mojave that looks like a BEL.
or is the theory completely wrong?

can't wait to hear the results of that animal's offspring. there have been a couple animals popping up with this going on.

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This is the 2nd time ive heard of this happening, and the other was in 2009 if i remember right. I believe it looks like a bel but technicly its still a mojave, so if u bred it to a male bel in 3 years u can still get normals. PS this was not my vid it was someones im subscribed to on youtube everyone. Im a bit of a genetics nerd so i like seeing this kind of stuff, it makes me smile lol.

So was the leucistic parent the father or the mother (suppose father is more likely, I can't stand to take the time to actually watch videos).