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25-Oct-07, 07:15 AM
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Just a quick q, is the blonde mutation in spotteds a recessive or dominant allele?
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25-Oct-07, 03:25 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-07 Location: Mackay QLD Gender: | | | | If I remember my gentics correctly albinism is a recessive trait. hence its rarity naturaly |
25-Oct-07, 04:20 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-05 Location: Newcastle, NSW Age: 25 | | | | not really sure but as far as i'm aware the blonde 'mutation' is just a form or local variety that has been sort after and line bred because it was a lighter background colour than 'normal' spotteds. I think they are originally from cape york so technically they are cape york macs.
not sure what happens when you breed a normal with a blonde whether you get a split of blondes and normals or just a bunch of lighter than normal normals |
25-Oct-07, 04:27 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Cairns | | | | Blonde macs are a locality pattern.
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25-Oct-07, 04:44 PM
|  | Josh! Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-07 Location: Bulli, N.S.W Age/Gender: 23 | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Blues Dog  If I remember my gentics correctly albinism is a recessive trait. hence its rarity naturaly | The main reasons for it's rarity in the wild is not primarily the fact it is a recessive trait. Albino animals rarely survive in the wild as they lack the necessary camouflage and they stand out to predators much more readily. Technically speaking it is a deleterious trait for them to have so they rarely breed in the wild also.
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25-Oct-07, 05:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Magpie Blonde macs are a locality pattern. | Ahh ok, that clears thing up a little.
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25-Oct-07, 05:45 PM
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Originally Posted by womanator The main reasons for it's rarity in the wild is not primarily the fact it is a recessive trait. Albino animals rarely survive in the wild as they lack the necessary camouflage and they stand out to predators much more readily. Technically speaking it is a deleterious trait for them to have so they rarely breed in the wild also. | both parents have to carry it as well |
25-Oct-07, 05:58 PM
| | Josh! Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-07 Location: Bulli, N.S.W Age/Gender: 23 | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Inkslinger both parents have to carry it as well | i know that. However, if it wasn't such a deleterious trait we would see it much more then we do. Things like hair colour and eye colour have recessive genes, yet we see plenty of people with all different hair and eye colours. This is because we don't have predators chasing us down in the wild anymore, therefore these people breed readily. It is also a small part of us that is a different colour so it isn't such a big deal
Unless your a rednut that is. Science has proven they are a dieing breed and rednuts don't like marrying or bonking other redbuts, lol.
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26-Oct-07, 07:12 PM
|  | Subscriber | | | | | Watch it there sunshine, it ain't my fault most redheaded boys are so damned ugly! ...I will be forcing my baby brother to marry a red-headed chick, though. The gingers must live on!
Sucks that blonde is recessive in macs, I'd love to get mixed-colour babies from my dark girl. | |
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