Morph confusion...

[Kotori]

Okay, sometimes a morph like 'Snow' is called a Super Snow.
What does that mean exactly? And RAPTORs are kind of confusing...I know nothing about morphs D=. With everyones help, I'd like to make a list of all the morphs... Like this for example
Wild + Mack Snow=
SS+Nova=

Since I know nothing, I'm not going to breed (I'd somehow end up with 20 'mutts' ) But I think it would help everyone with their 'What if...?' questions.

I have never seen any morph other than Wild (And my own gecko...unknown)
So if you have a picture along with a description, that would help immensly. :main_yes:

 

[chachasushi]

Without getting too into this thread, the "Super" form of an animal is a reflection of the homozygous state of a codominant trait. A Snow has one copy of the snow gene and looks a certain way, a Super Snow has two copies of the snow gene and looks like a more dramatic version of the Snow.

So you have to know which traits are recessive, dominant or codominant to know which form of a morph you are working with.

Giants also come to mind. Genetic giants with one copy of the gene are much larger than your average wild type sized gecko. Super Giants have two copies of this gene and are even larger.

Codominant traits stack up and increase the effect on the phenotype dramatically based on the number of copies you have.

 

[ajveachster]

Check out the leopard gecko wiki. It should answer a lot of your questions. It's pretty much what you asked for in your post. It has pictures as well as descriptions. Anything you can't find on there we should be able to help with here. I will let you know that typically when somebody says "co-dom" snow they are talking about the Mack Snow. Also, you will see on the wiki that there are several different types of snows genetically. Have fun with your research.

http://www.leopardgeckowiki.com/index.php?title=Main_Page

 

[Kotori]

Oh I will...Though I might leave the actual breeding up to you guys...for now =p