Tessera Motley!

[Lynnea]

This baby was the result of Tessera with unknown hets to Butter Stripe. S/he took my breath away a bit! Caramel Mot perhaps?

Sorry about the quality of the photo, but hubby has the camera so I used my phone!

 

[Chip]

That's really neat!

 

[Pugsley]

Pretty cool looking snake!

 

[zorro]

She is very pretty and great motley pattern, I hope you keep he/she and be the first to prove out that the motleys that come from tessera breedings are actual tessera motleys. Nobody has ever proved that out according to Don (SMR). I held two female perfect motleys het charcoal that came from my striped tessera charcoal project to do the same.
John

 

[Nanci]

How do you prove it?

 

[Lynnea]

She is very pretty and great motley pattern, I hope you keep he/she and be the first to prove out that the motleys that come from tessera breedings are actual tessera motleys. Nobody has ever proved that out according to Don (SMR). I held two female perfect motleys het charcoal that came from my striped tessera charcoal project to do the same.
John

I am absolutely keeping this one and plan to do the same as you. I have another that is a stripe/motley.

 

[Tom Tuttle]

How do you prove it?

IMHO: Breed it to any cornsnake preferably not carrying the motley gene. If you produce Tessera, then your Motley is Tessera. I have a few to test out as well. I suspect this one to be possible Tessera motley due to the thin black edging, worst case scenario it ends up being a nice motley.

 

[Tom Tuttle]

I can't wait to see some better photos of yours Lynnea!!

 

[Lynnea]

Beautiful, Tom!! I'll post more pics after a shed, and pics of the other one, too.

 

[hikisquid]

Wow, that is amazing!

 

[Michael823]

IMHO: Breed it to any cornsnake preferably not carrying the motley gene. If you produce Tessera, then your Motley is Tessera. I have a few to test out as well. I suspect this one to be possible Tessera motley due to the thin black edging, worst case scenario it ends up being a nice motley.

Aaahh... I see what you mean about the black edging. That would be really neat to see some that were specifically bred for that bold edging with the uniform motley-patterned. Definitely some incredible looking animals.

 

[Lynnea]

I can't wait to see some better photos of yours Lynnea!!

Ask and ye shall receive! These are post-shed pics. The normal is from the same clutch, also very bright. Not all came out this way, there was some interesting variation in the clutchmates.

 

[taxman123]

Tessera makes motley 100% better bolder colors and better patterns. Im pretty sure that motley's from a tessera clutch will produce tesseras. It has been proven on the stripe tesseras and if motley and stripe are on the same allele than motleys should prove out also. Lynnea your snake is stunning! Good Luck

 

[Dale]

Very striking. Great colors and contrast with the pattern. Would love to see progression pics with this one to see how this pans out by adulthood. Very nice.

 

[Tom Tuttle]

Wow Congrats! They sure look great! Please keep the progression pics coming!

 

[SnakeAround]

Tessera makes motley 100% better bolder colors and better patterns. Im pretty sure that motley's from a tessera clutch will produce tesseras. It has been proven on the stripe tesseras and if motley and stripe are on the same allele than motleys should prove out also. Lynnea your snake is stunning! Good Luck

But there can be regular motley's in a Tessera clutch if not both parents are homo motley... those are not gonna produce tessera's themselves, are they?

 

[NiklasTyreso]

Tessera makes motley 100% better bolder colors and better patterns. Im pretty sure that motley's from a tessera clutch will produce tesseras. It has been proven on the stripe tesseras and if motley and stripe are on the same allele than motleys should prove out also. Lynnea your snake is stunning! Good Luck

But there can be regular motley's in a Tessera clutch if not both parents are homo motley... those are not gonna produce tessera's themselves, are they?

What do you think about the genetics?

Are tessera and motley/stripe on the same locus or different?

There might be four different cases if it is two different locus:
(Homo tessera are tesseras with the tessera gene from both parents)


Het motley + Het tessera
Het motley + Homo tessera
Homo motley + Het tessera
Homo motley + Homo tessera

What will each case look like?

 

[SnakeAround]

I just wondered why you state think that any motley from a tessera clutch will produce tessera's. Mayeb it was just not stated correctly what you mean.

I don't think anything about the genetics when it comes to tessera and motley, I have no data about that. I prefer Tessera over motley anyway so I would not use tessera to improve motley.

 

[diamondlil]

Surely in a het motley/tessera pairing, you can get tesseras poss het motley, motley tesseras, poss het mots, normals and motleys? Tessera cannot be carried as a hidden recessive gene, but the motley can. There's no evidence at the moment that tessera and motley are on the same loci

 

[NiklasTyreso]

How do you interpret the genetics of the animals pictured in this thred?

The first pic in Lynneas last post: Is it a homo motly het tessera?

The last pic in Lynneas last post: Is it a homozygous motley and homozygous tessera?

Do homo motley mask het tessera?

Do homo motley and homo tessera look like something between the two morphs?