Tremper cross with Bell

[Baoh]

Boah... Should have made it a bit clearer.

All Homo x Homo Albino T+ and T- is what I should have said. In the ball world and I think there have only been 1 or 2 Compatible Albino Strains and they were both a T+ I believe. So no T+ x T- have worked. I also believe the Lavender Albino does not work with the other Strains as well.

Spider has been all Visual het x Visual het. No homo Spider yet?

Thanks again for the great info.:main_thumbsup:

No problem. I figured it was something like what you describe. Seems like the lethal issue is quite possible if enough tries have been made.

Thanks to you as well.

 

[Golden Gate Geckos]

I don't feel that trying to cross two albino strains is unethical, any more than crossing any other two recessive traits. The problem I see, and perhaps the potential for being unethical, is identifying the offspring correctly and selling them as something they are not.

Let's say you crossed a Tremper with a Rainwater. We all know the offspring would be normal, double hets. But if you crossed those hets, you'd undoubtedly get albino offspring that would be het for the other albino gene. How would you know if it was a Tremper het Rainwater, or a Rainwater het Tremper, or a double homozygous cross? I dare say it would be nearly impossible to identify without test breeding... and still it would be impossible to tell without expensive genetic testing.

I think that the main reason people feel it would not be ethical to cross albino strains is due to the difficulty identifying the resulting offspring, which could truly wreak havok on many people's subsequent projects. Besides, I know of a lot of people who have tried this with poor results.

 

[chazthaking2]

the best answer yet

 

[Baoh]

I don't feel that trying to cross two albino strains is unethical, any more than crossing any other two recessive traits. The problem I see, and perhaps the potential for being unethical, is identifying the offspring correctly and selling them as something they are not.

I think that the main reason people feel it would not be ethical to cross albino strains is due to the difficulty identifying the resulting offspring, which could truly wreak havok on many people's subsequent projects. Besides, I know of a lot of people who have tried this with poor results.

This is pretty much my take on it, too.