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#1907261
Bluedahlia
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Breeding albinos 
when you breed 2 sunglows together, what percentage of sunglows will you get? hets? normals?
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11/30/08 10:04pm
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ShadowAceD
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Message To: Bluedahlia In reference to Message Id: 1907261
Breeding albinos
It’s not a good idea to breed two albino animals together. Albinism is a very weak genetic strain as it is recessive and when people breed albino to albino they get complications such as missing or unformed eyes, spinal deformities including kinks and curls or an array of other health problems that often cause shortened life spans. It is better to breed to a normal animal het for the type of albino you are attempting to get.
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12/01/08 12:00am
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Bluedahlia
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Message To: ShadowAceD In reference to Message Id: 1907315
Breeding albinos
oh ok thanks for that, so when you breed an albino and a het would you get roughly 25% albinos, or 25% normals. or is it something else?
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12/01/08 07:58pm
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Deadvenom-x
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Message To: Bluedahlia In reference to Message Id: 1907714
Breeding albinos
should get about half albinos and half het albinos i think
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12/01/08 10:39pm
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ShadowAceD
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Message To: Deadvenom-x In reference to Message Id: 1907822
Breeding albinos
It’s not really a guarantee. As stated before, Albinism is a weak gene. I have seen clutches of 20 with only two or three albinos and clutches of ten with five. I mean, there is really no definitive way to figure it out. Even a punnet square could only give you a rough estimate. If you breed and albino to a het you will get normals that are 100% het, but some people often claim them as 66% to avoid the small possibility they may not be 100%. It’s hard to tell without being able to trace geneology back a few generations. Still, breeding in general is all about chance. Especially with less prominent genes. A recessive gene will always be recessive and dominant genes will almost always dominate the majority of the recessive. So ... it’s just like the roll of the dice. Sorry I can’t give you anything more definitive. Unfortunately, that’s just how it works.
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12/02/08 02:24am
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