Hi,

I was reading a thread which once again mentioned the possibility of the homozygous spider being fatal early in the development.

Have any of you bred spider to spider and been in the habit of palpating to count follicles?

I just wondered if that would be the most reliable way to see if the percentage of any slugs or normal looking but infertile matched what would be similar to the expected homozygous percentage?

I was basing this on the simplistic idea that any homozygous complications could only happen at or after ovulation and the count before then is a relatively good indication of the potential number of offspring.

Does that make any sense at all?


dr del