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This is a nice shot of one of the Jr. cherrys who now is a strong 6" ...is really starting to show "her" Marbling...as well as excellent coloring...
JD~
JD~
-JM said:How pretty!
I'm not sure if this has been discussed or answered somewhere else, but what causes marbling? Is it genetic or....??
Of the ones I own ...luck102573 said:At what size do they start to marble?
thanks
-JM said:Do they all marble?
TORTOMANIA said:i wonder if it's caused by inbreeding, like in whitetail deer. they will start to marble and eventually down the line turn all white.
I have witnessed these beutiful animals with my own eyes.
luck102573 said:I got that new red foot and they were not sure if it was a cherry head. How will I be able to tell? Do I have to wait till it gets bigger to find out.
JM ~-JM said:Actually, albinism isn't a "breakdown"--it's just a different code in the sequence of nucleic acids. It changes from coding for the pigment "melanin" to coding to "NO melanin" Which can cause some problems with tolerance to sunlight and rate of predation, but not because of instability in the genome.
The reason that traits such as albinism show up more frequently in inbred animals is because of the similarity of the combining genomes. It greatly increases the odds that a trait will show up, but that's not the only way it can occur
Edit: Remind me about this in a couple of weeks and I will look up the chapter in my genetics book so I can tell you in better, more specific detail. I don't have my book with me right now.
TORTOMANIA said:that's why it's good to have smart college educated people here
that makes sense
I would like to know more about this, and i think alot of other people would too