Paradox

[Dev_DeCoste]

And still no answers! lol I was just Googling paradox bp and this thread came up

[Pythonfriend]

lol, the thread is from 2007


anyway, in BPs it appears to be random, at least in most cases its random.

however, a recessive morph that will cause EXTREME paradoxes has since been discovered. its called atomic. it seems as if that gene will cover the entire body of the snake with tons of paradoxes that sort of blend into each other.

http://www.worldofballpythons.com/mo...mic-queen-bee/ this atomic queen bee looks totally insane. sort of like different patterns layered on top of each other.

[RandyRemington]

I've still not heard much on breeding results to figure out paradox ball pythons.

[Pythonfriend]

I've still not heard much on breeding results to figure out paradox ball pythons.

isnt that exactly what the atomic morph is? i see it as a proven genetic recessive that will cover the whole BP with extreme paradoxes. of course that will be more clear once people manage to produce double-recessive atomic albinos or atomic axanthics.

i heared that in some other species, there also are recessives that will cause lots of paradoxes. what i have never heared about is a gene that only causes one or two paradoxes, it seems to be all or nothing. so maybe the atomic gene is the best we can hope for.

as for the random paradoxes that occur in albinos or axanthics sometimes, maybe its just that a cell in the early development mutates in a way that reverts it back to normal, leading to an area of normal coloration. if that is true, no way to prove it out. if the sexual organs are affected you would just get normals, and if they are not affected you would just get more axanthics / albinos. and here breeders really seem out of luck.

[Dev_DeCoste]

So you're basically saying it is impossible to breed more? It's just kind of a luck thing?

Or you would need 2 het Atomic snakes and then just hope for the best with the offspring?

[satomi325]

Paradox is random. Like a glitch in the phenotypic coding.

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[Cin]

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