snakewispera snr
The Devils Advocate
I recently posted about our sibs, not realising that some of you may not know about them or what they are.
So here's a quick pictorial to show the difference....
I hope you at least find it interesting.....
Sibs occur when you cross Jags with any other species of carpet....
As the Jag gene is a co-dom gene it occurs in roughly 50% of your clutch Although this is pot luck and you could end up with all sibs or all jags..... The other 50%(or what ever) are Siblings to the Jags...
They are called siblings (sibs) as they are the brothers and sisters to the Jaguar morph.
We do Jungle Jags.....
The Jungle Jags look totally different to the Sibs and carry the gene, the sibs do not carry the gene...
50% JUNGLE JAG
JUNGLE JAG SIB
Hatchling Sibs
Hatchling 75% Jungle Jag (the same clutch)
The % are the amount of Jungle in the mix.....
Jag gives you he pattern and Jungle gives you the yellow.
So if you have a 50% Jungle Jag and put it with a Jungle you add more Jungle into the mix, creating 75% Jungle Jags....And so on......
It's probably worth noting here that you CANNOT put the Jag gene together to create pure Jags..... It doesn't work like that....
The Jag gene is known as the lethal gene....(this is where it gets complicated, so we'll keep it simple and say) If both snakes carry the gene, then none of the young survive.....
So there's a simple background to morelia genetics....
So here's a quick pictorial to show the difference....
I hope you at least find it interesting.....
Sibs occur when you cross Jags with any other species of carpet....
As the Jag gene is a co-dom gene it occurs in roughly 50% of your clutch Although this is pot luck and you could end up with all sibs or all jags..... The other 50%(or what ever) are Siblings to the Jags...
They are called siblings (sibs) as they are the brothers and sisters to the Jaguar morph.
We do Jungle Jags.....
The Jungle Jags look totally different to the Sibs and carry the gene, the sibs do not carry the gene...
50% JUNGLE JAG
JUNGLE JAG SIB
Hatchling Sibs
Hatchling 75% Jungle Jag (the same clutch)
The % are the amount of Jungle in the mix.....
Jag gives you he pattern and Jungle gives you the yellow.
So if you have a 50% Jungle Jag and put it with a Jungle you add more Jungle into the mix, creating 75% Jungle Jags....And so on......
It's probably worth noting here that you CANNOT put the Jag gene together to create pure Jags..... It doesn't work like that....
The Jag gene is known as the lethal gene....(this is where it gets complicated, so we'll keep it simple and say) If both snakes carry the gene, then none of the young survive.....
So there's a simple background to morelia genetics....
