Eclipse Gene Linkage

Zeetrain

Zuricane Geckos
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252
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Connecticut
Here is an excerpt from Ron Trempers available eclipse page on his website -

"Their typical pattern is a series of longitudinal rows of black spots or dashes with white feet, lips and nose with freckling while the body is yellow and often combined with a carrot-tail. Some ECLIPSE have greatly reduced body spotting. As of June 2005, there have been no jungle phase or banded phase ECLIPSE produced suggesting that there may be a genetic link or gene combination occurring between the eye color and pattern."

Im curious if there was actually any kind of gene linkage with the typical spotting on the heads of eclipses and how a lot how spotting down their backs. Is the eclipse gene and the patternless stripe gene some how linked?
 

acpart

Geck-cessories
Staff member
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Somerville, MA
I wonder if things are the same now since people often advertise "banded RAPTOR"s which should demonstrate the eclipse trait.

Aliza
 

tiedxupxinxknots

Animated Geckos
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617
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Southern California
Here is an excerpt from Ron Trempers available eclipse page on his website -

"Their typical pattern is a series of longitudinal rows of black spots or dashes with white feet, lips and nose with freckling while the body is yellow and often combined with a carrot-tail. Some ECLIPSE have greatly reduced body spotting. As of June 2005, there have been no jungle phase or banded phase ECLIPSE produced suggesting that there may be a genetic link or gene combination occurring between the eye color and pattern."

Im curious if there was actually any kind of gene linkage with the typical spotting on the heads of eclipses and how a lot how spotting down their backs. Is the eclipse gene and the patternless stripe gene some how linked?

I read somewhere the eclipse gene was created by breeding patternless stripe x patternless stripe. Also that is why sometimes but almost rarely get a patternless stripe hatchling with eclipse looking eyes even though the parents have no records of being het.
 

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