Red eye genetic question

[warhawk]

Doing some checking the only red eye I see are part of the RADAR so they are part of the bell albino line. Is there red eyes in all the albinos?

A buddy of mine was talking with a breeder and they keep saying they have geckos are hep for red eyes like it was a big deal. Doing some checking I'm not finding much about red eyes other than bell albinos.

 

[acpart]

Red eyes is the albino version of the solid black eclipse eye. Any albino gecko that is an eclipse will have red eyes. The eyes may look solid black, but if you shine a light behind them, you'll see that they're red. If a gecko only has one gene for eclipse, it won't have red eyes but will be considered to be "het eclipse" meaning that it doesn't show the trait but it can pass it on to its offspring.

Aliza

 

[warhawk]

Thanks for that info I feel better about that now.

So if the father was had red eyes(eclipse) then all the off spring could be "het eclipse". That is where that 66% comes in right?

 

[acpart]

Yes, the 66% is where we're not sure if the offspring got the gene, so there's a 66% chance that it did and the only way to tell is by test breeding.

Aliza

 

[warhawk]

Thanks for the info. Some times the genetics of this stuff is confusing.