[gecko]Albinism

[Keith Benson]

LOL - you need a gene gun

Keith

Neal Grant wrote:

>Ok, then, the race is on for the first albino Uroplatus!
>
>Now if I could just isolate that albino gene, and splice it into my
>non-albino animals! 
>
>And I could take carotenoid genes from carrots and splice them in and
>get orange animals!
>
>Regards,
>
>Dr. Moreau
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Keith Benson [mailto:kgbenson@mindspring.com] 
>Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 1:41 PM
>To: gecko@lists.gekkota.com
>Subject: Re: [gecko]Albinism
>
>Bingo - look at snakes, those that are tbred the most often ahve the 
>most color "morphs".  Personally I prefer wild type coloration. 
> Millions of years of evolution and some one ruins it by backcrossing to
>
>have the next rarest thing.  
>
>Keith
>
>KaRin ChAn wrote:
>
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>
>>I'm not positive, but I'm pretty sure it's only because these species
>>(leopards and AFTS) have the most albinism occurrences because they had
>>become so popular as "pets" since they were so hardy to keep.  Ron
>>Tremper, in order to create his strain of albinos, bred up and down the
>>same blood line.  
>>
>>This is what I thought of anyway, it makes most sense to me.
>>
>>-Karin
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: gecko-admin@lists.gekkota.com
>>[mailto:gecko-admin@lists.gekkota.com] On Behalf Of Neal Grant
>>Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 11:58 AM
>>To: gecko@lists.gekkota.com
>>Subject: RE: [gecko]Albinism
>>
>>Hi gang,
>>
>>A thought just occurred to me - why do we see albinism in Leopards and
>>Fat-tailed geckos, but virtually no other species?
>>
>>Is there something inherent in their genes/pigments that precludes them
>>to albinism, or is it simply because they have been bred so extensively
>>that statistics won out?
>>
>>Can we expect to see albino Uroplatus and Phelsuma eventually?
>>
>>Thanks for your informative answers!
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Neal Grant
>>
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