Tug snow X Mack snow question...

[Wandering Paddle]

If you breed a Mack to a TUG it is possible to get a hybrid super snow. My question is if you breed a TUG/Mack supersnow to a non- snow, could you produce more supersnows?

The only way this could work is if the supersnow passed on a Mack allele and a TUG allele, but this would only be possible if the mutation is on a different gene. Does anyone know if this is possible or has been done?

 

[van_veen456]

Not sure, but I believe TUGXmack does give supers...

 

[Sidviciouser]

According to the leopardgeckowiki all 4 lines are compatible. At least that's what I got out of it.

TUG snow
GEM snow
Mack snow
line bred snow

I'm not sure if this is true or not, but that's what it sounds like. I would also like to know what the difference is. It almost sounds like the only difference is the selective (or non selective) breeding of each line that gives them a different appearance.

 

[paulh]

I looked at leopardgeckowiki.com, too. I couldn't find an answer to the original poster's question there.

Putting two recessive mutant genes in the same animal could prove something, but TUG snow and Mack snow are not recessive mutants. Putting those two mutants in the same animal proves nothing about whether the two genes have the same location in the genome.

Mating a normal to a TUG snow/Mack snow super snow is required. If the babies are TUG snows and Mack snows, then the two mutants have the same location in the genome. If the babies are TUG snows, Mack snows, normals, and TUG snow/Mack snow super snows, then the two mutants do not have the same location in the genome.

 

[Wandering Paddle]

This is a future project that is going to fascinate me. I really want to know if a hybrid TUG/Mack supersnow could pass on both traits to one offspring, or if it can only pass on one or the other to a single offspring.