aztec/zigzag pattern

[khaleah]

So i have read that lavenders are more likely to have the zig zag pattern. I have a normal zig zag and really like the zig zag pattern on him. Granted I know that i have like 2 + years to go before i can do any breeding project (with out the other half running away) but its just an idea in my head is all. But i would love to get a lavender zigzag. but on the corncalc it doesn't have zigzag on there i know that its not really a gene persay.

But has any one else heard this as well about the lavenders?

 

[chris68]

I've heard it.

 

[Susan]

The exact genetics behind the zigzag/aztec pattern is not really known. It doesn't act like a simple recessive, co-dominate or dominate gene. You can breed 2 snakes that show the zigzag and get a wide range of results in the offspring, from a normal pattern to a fully zigzaged pattern. You can breed a zigzag to a non-zigzag and get the same results, although typically, you do get a higher percentage of zigzag patterned offspring if both parents show the trait and the better the pattern they both have.

As for lavenders showing an increased tendency to show the zigzag pattern, that is correct, but it just may be, in my own personal theorizing mode, that whatever causes the pattern had been line bred with the lavender gene back when it was first discovered and has since continued to be selectively bred for more by "accident" than anything else. I know that I would choose a zigzag lavender over a normal patterned one simply because I like the look.

 

[khaleah]

I really want to eventaully breed a zigzag lavender. But my zig zag is a normal so it would be kind of luck of the draw to get one. My other thought is if there is also a motley gene to it as well even though their bellys aren't solid white. Or even where it would look almost like a pinstipe motley but zigzag instead of straight down the back

 

[AliCat37]

A snake can't be part motley, I'm not sure if that's what you meant? The gene is either expressed or not (a het motley would have checkers on the belly)

 

[khaleah]

Lol yeah that's what I ment is het. Lol I was trying to write quickly before my phone died.

 

[NiklasTyreso]

Breeding aztecs is like breeding a dog breed. Neither dog breeds or aztecs depend on single genes. They depend on many unknown genes.

 

[Tom Tuttle]

I know that I would choose a zigzag lavender over a normal patterned one simply because I like the look.

Me too! Sumthin like this? :shrugs:

 

[khaleah]

Omg Omg drool yes....so beautiful!!!!

 

[crotalis40741]

This came out of a normal het sk, diffused x normal het sk, diffused, amel. She was the only one like this in the clutch of 15. Neither parent looked anything other than nice normals. I do wish she was lavender though lol

 

[Shiari]

These two amels hatched out when I paired my charcoal to a butter. Both parents are completely normal patterned.

 

[5 Star Serpents]

Here's my aztecs, no lavender here. Sorry it's a terrible photo but the best I have for now, the female (normal) should lay in about 2-1/2 weeks

I bred the male to a normal patterned anery last year as well as a ghost motley, he did prove het hypo.
My hold backs from him can be found http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=127919 as you can see when combined with the motley some interesting patterns came out, as well when bred to the normal patterned momma there were only 2 or 3 normal patterned babies, the rest were either partially or full aztec pattern

 

[Carpe Serpentis]

The zigzag / aztec pattern is definitely intriguing in its expression. I particularly like how the pattern can begin and disappear just as quick as it begins to express itself on the same snake. It appears at the tail, head, or in the middle.... one just never knows where it is going to appear.

 

[hypnoctopus]

Great, now I want another snake!