So Leopards Aren't Het Pied?
I just watch a JKR video and he says in the beginning of the video he states, that Leopards are not het pied. He said it was recently disproven?
What are the details behind that? People must be bummed to hear that, assuming it is true.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXKHB...8FALzuJYyuJKgA
Re: So Leopards Aren't Het Pied?
Idk last I herd the leopard gene was part of the pied gene
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Re: So Leopards Aren't Het Pied?
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TheSnakeGeek
Yep that thread is good.
its entirely possible for two genes to be so close together in the genome that they basically appear allelic 99% of the time and stick together 99% of the time.
and apparently there are now cases where leopard and het pied came apart. i think the great majority of leopards are still het pied.
starting points to look up the relevant science:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromosomal_crossover
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_linkage
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CentiMorgan
(im not debating the accuracy of wikipedia, i think with all the sources and citations its a great starting point)
that seems to be the case here, genetic linkage. So when leopard and het pied are together, they stick together most of the time and are hard to seperate. And when you have leopard and regular pied and want to make a leopard het pied, chances are you will fail most of the time and they are hard to combine. if it all turns out to be like that and no further surprises happen, its the first case in BP breeding of two genes being linked.
i guess now its necessary to differentiate between regular leopard, and leopard het pied. also a new morph could now be possible: a super leopard that is not a pied.
Re: So Leopards Aren't Het Pied?
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Ga_herps
I have to say I have been very skeptical that there are any truly non-het for pied leopards. I would really love to hear about a male leopard that has been bred to the same pied female and not produced a pied after atleast 3 years in a row. Just would like to see how far separated the leopard gene is to the pied gene.
Why would it have to be the same female 3 years in a row and not just 3 females in one year? It would be the same outcome no matter what honestly... One pied has the same genetics as the next when it comes to that one gene so if it was to be done then it could be done in one year and over with instead of over 3 years which is honestly just a waste of time. Oh also t could be done with one single female and if a single leopard pops out then t is proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that a leopard is not het pied....
