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inherited patterns - head and dorsal

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LadyChaos

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Serpwidgets, I remember you musing over head patterns possibly being inherited a whle back on kingsnake. Have you ever noticed how some hatchlings also take after their parents that have minor aberrancies? This popped into my head this morning as I checked on everyone before going to work. One of last year's holdbacks has the same joined saddle pattern as her dad....in the same spot....looks kinda aztec-ish. When my first batch of eggs hatched out this year, 6 or so of 14 have the same couple of saddles joined as a zigzag in you guessed it, the same spot as their sire.

Is it me or has anyone else noticed this?
 
Head patterns

I recently ordered

1.1 Amelanistics
1. Anerythristic
1. Ghost
.1 Snow

I found it interesting that the Amels and the Anery (which were sent to me motley without extra charge $19.00 each!! and as a surprise! Great guy to deal with, but that's another story) and the normally patterned Ghost all had the same incomplete spearpoint. The left side of the making is missing and has a little bar sticking out so, an abberant head marking that was exactly the same in four different animals. I think most definantly there is genetic basis for certain pattern abberancies other than the known recesssive ones.

Horridus
 
Ya, I've seen that with certain aberrancies of certain saddles being eerily similar between parents and offspring. Doesn't mean all aberrancies are genetic, but it seems like quite a few of the subtle little things are inherited. :)
 
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