Garter Hybridization

[Steven@HumboldtHerps]

Thanks for all your replies! What a great forum!

I do not think we can rule anything out. Individual variations (and there are a lot of polygenic phases!), subspecies intergradation, inter-special hybridization, dietary ontogenetic influences, incredible tendencies towards continual migrations in many species, & "Oh, no! Not simple recessive genes to boot! The list goes on.... and we human Thamnophis geeks are there to ponder the chaotic!

I should major in genetics!

[Zephyr]

Thanks for all your replies! What a great forum!

I do not think we can rule anything out. Individual variations (and there are a lot of polygenic phases!), subspecies intergradation, inter-special hybridization, dietary ontogenetic influences, incredible tendencies towards continual migrations in many species, & "Oh, no! Not simple recessive genes to boot! The list goes on.... and we human Thamnophis geeks are there to ponder the chaotic!

I should major in genetics!

Could Stefan please translate?
I think he's speaking in Finnish...