I noticed SMR is starting to sell females only for $2,000.
I have tried searching but i dont think im throwing in the right keywords.
Why would females be less?
Wouldnt they pass on the same gene as a male?
Im just getting to reading about breeding and genetics so i please forgive, i did try to search.
I've thought this thread over some more since originally seeing it awhile back.
1.) The first females from the first couple of years they were available have been sold out and moved on, so there will be a few more younger ones available, for an understandably lower price, as they will not be of breedable size until a later time.
2.) as for hets. If one acquires female hets or male hets for the palmetto expression,
-- hets
may contain other genes and thus
may be 50% unrelated to the visual Palmettos. Because most breeders already know there is a risk element involved regarding breeding stock to the same stock beyond the F3 generation (risk of congenital birth defects); the advantage of having 50% unrelated stock is worth consideration. These questions may be best to ask when involved with making a transaction.
3.) with regards to female hets for palmetto specifically:
If you already have a female visual Palmetto,
and get some babies from her, and hold back the males which are 100% het Palmetto,
3b.) because males grow up faster to safe-breeding size then females,
then if one has het females which are older and of clutch carrying size,
then one can increase their
possible production of visuals more rapidly.
I underline
possible because punnet square/ genetics calculators are based on mathematical principles, but what nature yields is often different. Who knows, you may get more, you may get less then the calculations indicate. Is it a risk worth taking? (That's a rhetorical question).