Jungle as an Incomplete Recessive

retronemesis

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I recently got into breeding leopard geckos and started out falling in love with the Jungle morph. Started my collection off with one as a male high yellow het for nothing. I have recently gotten all my females to start breeding when they are all old enough (I bought all juveniles to give me time to prepare and get all the necessary knowledge and supplies before I start breeding). The females I have are a Blizzard Mack Super Snow Leucistic, an APTOR, and a Tangerine 66% het Tremper Pastel. The question I have is, what is the likelihood of the Jungle gene being passed? The speculation of it being an incomplete recessive suggestions that it can be passed on and is just a line breed trait. Most of the first generations will either be normal, Mack snow, or hopefully pastel albinos if I'm really lucky, but is there any chance that the Jungle will come out in any of them?
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I don't know if there's a definitive answer about the genetics of jungles. As far as I can tell, the jungle is on a continuum of broken bands in leos, ranging this way:
aberrant - broken tail or body bands
jungle - broken tail and body bands that results in a blotchy pattern
stripe - broken tail and body bands that results in a head-to-tail striped pattern
reverse stripe - longitudinal stripe down the middle of the back instead of 2 stripes on either side
patternless stripe - little to no dark marking with some indication that there is a stripe origin (some people see this as a combination of stripe and reverse stripe which cancels out the pattern)

I have had everything on the continuum pop out of my gecko pairings, even when one parent is on the continuum and one is not. It should be interesting to see what you get when you're ready to breed.

Aliza
 

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