Re: What genetics could my snake be hiding?
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Originally Posted by
jbean7916
I think he means there is no "super" version of a recessive. (though the more I think about it, the visual form is the "super" because you have 2 copies of the gene)
sent from my EVO
Right, there is no super phenotype for a recessive mutant gene. Panda Pied is a Super Black Pastel Pied. In other words, it is a combination of the super black pastel phenotype and the pied phenotype. No super pied phenotype. (Phenotype means appearance.)
Now if you define super as meaning homozygous (= the two genes in the gene pair are the same), then there is a super pied genotype. (Genotype means the identity of the genes.) However, the super pied genotype means the same thing as the pied genotype, because it takes two pied genes to produce a pied phenotype.
Super is strictly herper slang. A pro geneticist would say the homozygous pied genotype produces the pied phenotype. Or the homozygous black pastel genotype produces the super pastel phenotype. But many herpers do a poor job distinguishing between genotype and phenotype.
