Black Pearls...

[Northstar Herp]

The website says it's recessive or co-dom, one or the other.

I was recently told by someone who has one that it is definitely a recessive trait.

 

[NRG]

I personally can't understand the big fuss about it. It looks like a dark and dirty normal to me.

 

[thegeckoguy23]

Does anyone have any info or photos on the progress of this morph??? Have the exact genetics been sorted out??? It has been atleast 3 seasons since its release and I have not seen a thing on them...

Ya it seems like it try youtube it might help

 

[thegeckoguy23]

I was also told that someone proved it out and got a normal het black perl

 

[SFgeckos]

When the BPs first came out, I was very impressed...with the MARKETING. Hyping the morph up...photos with only black backgrounds...releasing only females..."not being sure" of the genetics...all standard marketing techniques for long term success for $$$ in the pocket! Reminds me of another unnamed bigtime leopard gecko breeder with great marketing skills!

This might be more of an ethical question...but in my opinion, if someone wasn't in a rush to make profits, shouldn't a new morph be released AFTER the genetics have been fully established? But then again, I don't breed reptiles for a living...


Jon

 

[Halley]

If you breed recessive to recessive, you get all homozygous for that trait. If black pearlxblack pearl produces all black pearl, then they COULD be recessive. This does not exclude them from being recessive.

But wouldn't co-dom to co-dom produce all supers of that form? If you then were to pair the co-dom to a normal, then the offspring would show degrees of similarity to both attributes.

Dominant to dominant produce all that form too.

Tremper x Tremper= 100% tremper: RECESSIVE

Super Giant x Normal= 100% Giant, a hybrid between the two: Co-dominant

Enigma x Enigma= 100% Enigma: It's dominant, there is no "super" to differentiate, no het. enigma.

Co-Dom x Co-Dom = 25% Homozygous, 50% Heterozygous, and 25% without the trait, same with Dominate to Dominate the only difference is that 75% of them look the same.

 

[Northstar Herp]

You're right, guy. I was using the wrong terminology. I meant the homozygous form of the co-dom, I just didn't convey it right