Axanthic and Anerytheristic... and true Ghosts

[MarkS]

I have talked to a couple people that have produced clutches, and they claimed to have missed it (and I beleive them).

Thats kind of what I've been wondering about. Maybe they DID hit the odds but they didn't know it because it just didn't look any different then a regular axanthic or a regular hypo. Maybe the axanthic gene covers up the hypo gene or the other way around or something like that? These two mutations have been around for such a long time that it just seems odd to me that someone hasn't hit on it already.

Mark

[RandyRemington]

There is also the possibility that the two mutations are linked by being genes that are close together on the same chromosome. In that case the odd number of crossovers between the two genes needed to make a copy of the common chromosome with both mutations might be unlikely. With as many ball python mutations as there are it seems inevitable that we'll run into this eventually trying to combine them even if this doesn't turn out to be an example. Linking could really slow down making a double homozygous animal and make for some odd breeding results once the crossover eventually occurs.

[d_halloff]

Ok you all are wrong with axanthic and snow
Anerytheristic is the lack of red pigment
Albino is the lack of blue pigment
Axanthic is the lack of yellow pigment so an xanthic has extra yellow pigment
Now a snow is a yellow and white snake, so its an anerytheristic(not axanthic) albino
If it was axanthic albino it would be a red and white snake
There are multiple places you can look this up on also so you are not miss informed

[RegiusCo]

Albino is the lack of blue pigment

You should look into multiple places so that you are not miss informed before misinforming people!

[d_halloff]

You should look into multiple places so that you are not miss informed before misinforming people!

What is an albino then... It is an orange colored snake that varies in contrast from high red to high yellow... No blue

[dr del]

Hi,

Also no green or purple.

Albinism: A group of genetic disorders in which there is partial or total lack of the pigment melanin in the eyes, skin, and hair.

But melanin makes dark pigmentation so it would be truer to say albinos lack black.

Especially as BP's have absolutely no blue pigmentation on them in the first place.


dr del

[d_halloff]

Hi,

Also no green or purple.



But melanin makes dark pigmentation so it would be truer to say albinos lack black.

Especially as BP's have absolutely no blue pigmentation on them in the first place.


dr del

This would be a more correct statement i guess

[OhhWatALoser]

There are multiple places you can look this up on also so you are not miss informed

there a place at the top of the post with a date, so you don't respond to 2 and a half year old threads.

also you should get your facts straight

[guambomb832]

Scroll down to October :http://exoticsbynature.com/09bpcal.html

So this wouldn't be a true ghost?

[muddoc]

Scroll down to October :http://exoticsbynature.com/09bpcal.html

So this wouldn't be a true ghost?

Yes, that is the first True Ghost ever produced. It was hatched in 2009, and this thread was started in 2007. There are now a whopping 2 True Ghosts in the world.