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Old 03-19-2007, 06:40 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: garter/water snakes hybrid possiblities?

No chance. They're from different genera (plural of genus) and probably have a different number of chromosomes. They definitely wouldn't have the same genes in the same order, so their chromosomes wouldn't pair up properly after fertilization (assuming they would or could even mate). Genetically, they're way too different.

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