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Cazador · 03-29-2007, 05:53 PM

That's no fair! He's assuming (unless he's tested) that the gene for the Nebraska albino lineage is different from the gene for the Iowa albino lineage. I don't know if the "snow" trait is controlled by a single gene or if it is the interaction of multiple genes, so I can't speak to that issue. By my way of thinking, an albino, is an albino, is an albino (at least as far as the single gene is concerned... homozygous recessive at a single locus). Isn't that fair to say? It's not my specialty, but something seems amiss.

Thomas... thanks a million for following-up on this.

03-29-2007, 05:53 PM	#13 (permalink)
Cazador Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Alaska, USA Posts: 1,611	Re: What exactly is a Th. radix "Quad het" That's no fair! He's assuming (unless he's tested) that the gene for the Nebraska albino lineage is different from the gene for the Iowa albino lineage. I don't know if the "snow" trait is controlled by a single gene or if it is the interaction of multiple genes, so I can't speak to that issue. By my way of thinking, an albino, is an albino, is an albino (at least as far as the single gene is concerned... homozygous recessive at a single locus). Isn't that fair to say? It's not my specialty, but something seems amiss. Thomas... thanks a million for following-up on this.