Albino

[DiscusEden]

all beautiful ladies have hiden homicidal tendencys

Who hides?

She for one seems quite up front about it. And I've gotta respect that.

Great to hear she's such a good Mum Samir! So there's a mix of albinos and intermediates now? Great news!

[samir]

nope, they seem to be all intermediates , its confusing that they would be two colours, i can vaguely remember studying albinism in university, i wish i had paid more attention

[DiscusEden]

In horses it's a double recessive gene - same thing in mice. It's a long time since I looked at it though.

In horses the "split" gene I think is responsible. The intermediate is expressed in the phenotype as either palamino or buckskin, depending on the base colour of the parents (light or dark). In other words, there's more than one gene/alelle involved. Breed the 2 intermediates & you get a horse that gets skin cancer early.

I had an idea in mice that the intermediate shows no sign of the recessive gene in its phenotype (how its body looks).

Could be either pattern, but if it was like the horse thing (controlled by more than 1 gene) it might explain the different coloured eggs.

But really, I have no idea about discus & I'm making it up as I go along now. Still looking for some reference on discus genetics.

[samir]

i think you're right.
thank God I didn't go to med school, would have been another Dr Death on the prowl.

[DiscusEden]

Good to know the principle that got me through Uni still holds:
"say it with confidence & people will believe anything".

I'm just making this up as I go along mostly.

I'd wait to hear from someone who knows what they're on about before believing what I said. I was mostly using your principle - while Merrilyn's taking a break, I can spread misinformation to my heart's content. Ironic that you of all people might believe it. (Lol)

[samir]

I'm just making this up as I go along mostly.

why would you want to make stuff up ??
my post in Merrilyn's thread meant unintentional misinformation.

i did get a very similar explanation from someone else so i'm even more confused now. i cannot remember a single word from uni. Guess its better to get my answers from Google.

[samir]

cr@p i sound rude up there sorry forgot to add the emoticons

[DiscusMad]

well in the old days they say having children calms the woman down! LOL

[DiscusMad]

i did get a very similar explanation from someone else so i'm even more confused now. i cannot remember a single word from uni. Guess its better to get my answers from Google.

YES! love the school of google it has been more helpful than the teachers at school