"Trace patterns" & "Morph sibling" advertisements

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Is a spider sib just a plain old normal? Heck no! They are really cool if they have some nifty markings!

This is my Spider sibling girl Calypso!!




I find most siblings are much more interesting than actual normals but then again I think that I have the most beautiful spider sibling around >_<

Well the way I always figured it was more of a statement of quality breeding and care. Any decent, well respected breeder will use the highest quality normals available. Plus any codom morph's normal allele is probably high quality from the reason stated previously. So in essence the good looks of your spider sibling are a result of two good looking normals bred together. That is assuming the spider gene doesn't somehow jump allele's and mutate the normal gene its paired with. Thats my theory!!! Any rebuttals?

[bc30629]

Well the way I always figured it was more of a statement of quality breeding and care. Any decent, well respected breeder will use the highest quality normals available. Plus any codom morph's normal allele is probably high quality from the reason stated previously. So in essence the good looks of your spider sibling are a result of two good looking normals bred together. That is assuming the spider gene doesn't somehow jump allele's and mutate the normal gene its paired with. Thats my theory!!! Any rebuttals?

Just clarifying for myself and others.... so if breeding for good looking spiders someone would typically use a low patterned normal female in hopes of getting low patterned spiders. Then the spider breeder has a spider gene and a low pattern normal gene. When bred with another low pattern female the results would be probably some low patterned spiders but also some low patterned normals. Hence, patterning of sibs have more to do with selective normal breeding in past generations than any effect a morph parent would have on a normal sibling.

Sorry for the long winded response