BURM PROJECT CROSS???

[nomadbean]

Ok, hypothetically speaking from a genetics point of view.........What would a cross of a patternless green burm and an albino green burm look like? Would it truly be an albino patternless green burm? If you figure, using a standard punnett square an albino is aa and a patternless is bb then you get 4ab, do you think this would be a worthwhile experiment? I know the market is flooded with burms, but I think if it worked the offspring would be amazing. [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_eek.gif[/img] Let me know what you think and if you would buy any of these kids assuming you wanted a burm? Thanks guys. I want a patternless burm now, they are awesome even if this is a bad idea. [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
Trina
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[eddie]

Well, I really don't like the idea of the cross anyway, since so many of the burm morphs like this have a tendency for BD and do not live to their full potential due to it.

It also sends a message to the breeders that it's ok to keep breeding weak animals to make even weaker ones for the $$ that's involved.
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	Bearded Dragon Bearded Dragon is the common name for any agamid lizard in the genus Pogona.

	Morph A morph is a color or pattern variation that is proven to be genetic. Common morphs include albino, anerythristic, gentically striped, Hypomelanistic, and many others. Morphs also include combinations of simple traits such as "Sunglow" which is Albino and Hypomelanistic. These traits may be recessive traits, co-dominant traits, dominant traits, or created through selective breeding (ie Pastel).

[JuliusSqueezer]

I'm with Eddie all the way here and after we discussed this in chat I hope you have a change of heart....Why breed something that is sure to have major health problems....That is a whole new level of animal cruelty.
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[nomadbean]

Well, when I posted I thought it was a new cross, but it is not then I found out about the health issues, I'm sure if I let it be known that I will take in burm rescues I will have plenty that way and I can just get one that way. I may still buy the one off of Bob Clark, mainly because it is so awesome, but maybe a girl so there is no temptation. Change of heart has been had. [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img]
Trina
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[najaboy]

I may have missed something here, because I don't see where cruelty comes into it.

Simply due to attrition, Burmese Disease is no longer an epidemic. Now, it is a problem that most breeders and keepers of Burm's won't experience.

BD isn't a hereditary problem, and is spread the exposure to infected animals.

That being said, to answer the original question...

The offspring would be green Burms, all het for albino. Remember that when it comes to Burms, "green" and "patternless" mean exactly the same thing.
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	Heterozygous Heterozygous - the animal carries the gene for a genetic trait but does not outwardly demonstrate the trait. Example: A boa that is het for albino looks normal but carries the albino gene. When it is bred to another het for albino boa or an albino boa, a percentage of the offspring will be albino.

	Bearded Dragon Bearded Dragon is the common name for any agamid lizard in the genus Pogona.

[Ritchie]

Albino patternless aka albino greens is not a new thing.
It is an albino without pattern. Check On kingsnake...you will see some for sale sometimes.
I am not really into this patternless/green thing.
I like the granites much better.

But it seems there are two strains of granites.
One is the granite that is granite all over.
Two is the granite that has patternless blotches all over.

I have the latter
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