Mystic question

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Originally Posted by RandyRemington

But just looking at the 7 above (or 9 if the two name groupings aren't right) we have tons (well 5,040 if I calculated right) of potential allele pairings. Just wonder what could be going on dna wise to make at least 7 different versions of this gene. Actually 8 counting the normal version.

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Nothing any weirder than the 18 different mutations in the Agouti locus for Mus musculus - it's just a bunch of variations that don't "break" how the snake works, so they're able to perpetuate.