Inviato: sab lug 16, 2011 1:54 pm
Questo e ciò che scrive Matt Baronak...(SaSobek's)
Eye Pigment
Ok here is where it gets a little weird on us. How dose the eye pigment happen? Well the eye pigment is related to the pattern in a way. But once the eye pigment is expressed it is then acts kind of like a not so simple recessive.
So lets break this down. The first time we saw the eye pigmentation it was for sure the coolest thing in leopard geckos the bad part was how did it happen and how did it work. There was a quest to have the all orange gecko. This is where a few key people came in. First was Ron Tremper of Leopardgecko.com (the godfather of leopard geckos) he was the first to make the Aptor. What the Aptor was, was an albino ‘patternless’ stripe. This geckos was what they were looking for a solid orange gecko. It was not understood how he got it at that point but he had it. From this Aptor breed back to its siblings, was hatched the first R.A.P.T.O.R and a few days later the first Eclipse.
Meanwhile Alberto of A&M Geckos was working on a project where he was crossing his stripe and reverse stripe jungle giants to Red Stripes. From these geckos he was creating these solid orange non albino geckos. He coined them “patternless” stripes because that is the way they looked and they were from a stripe line and didn’t know what else to call them.
Alberto got one of the first R.A.P.T.O.R.s. this is where he start to figure out the genetics of what was going on. The “patternless” stripe babies were split into two breeding groups.
One group of females was breed back to a “patternless” stripe male.
So it was
“patternless” stripe from (albino Reverse stripe X red stripe ) X “patternless” stripe from (albino Reverse stripe X red stripe )
From this cross geckos with pigment in the eyes hatched out.
Group 2 was
“patternless” stripe from (albino Reverse stripe X red stripe ) X R.A.P.T.O.R
This also produced geckos with the eye pigment.
So from these results it was known that the eye pigment was Unlocked from the crossing of these “patternless” stripe geckos.
Proving that the eye pigment was acted recessive
The next step was to see if the eye pigment would pass on to the next generation.
In this breeding a super snow was used. What this did was see two things in the same breeding. One if the eye pigment from the super snow and the eye pigment from the Raptor were the same or different. The cross was done and all of the babies came out snow but no eye pigment. So this meant that the two eye pigments were different and that if the Raptor eye pigment was to pass on it would either have to be recessive or it was something to do with the pattern.
When crossing the (super snow X Raptor) X (super snow X Raptor) geckos were produced that had the eye pigment and they were banded. This meant that it was not just the pattern that had an effect on the eyes. The eye pigment was acting like a recessive trait.
So you can make the eye pigment from scratch by breeding “patternless” stripe X“patternless” stripe
Or by crossing two geckos that are “het” for the eye pigment.
This also means that crossing a “het” for the eye pigment to a “patternless” stripe will also give you the eye pigment.
So there is 3 ways to actually get eye pigment. The best way to look at it is that true “patternless” stripe geckos can always be looked at as “het” for eye pigmentation even though they might not have a parent that is showing the eye pigment. So that is where a lot of the confusion comes in. A lot of people think that is just cut and dry and well it is but not as simple as people think it is.
The other weird thing that happens is eye pigment X eye pigment dose not always give you eye pigment. This is explained by the amount of eye pigment in the eyes. The eye pigment in the eyes can be looked at like this
“All geckos with black eye pigment are eclipses, but not all eclipses have eye pigment.”
*For the sake of confusion in the next part when I say “eye pigment” you can plug in eclipse, raptor, radar, typhoon, ect ect….
And all of you will ask will if it is not showing “eye pigment”, how can you call it “eye pigment”. The reason is that the eye pigment varies in every gecko that is “eye pigment”.
This can range from solid like this raptor
to none at all like this mack eclipse.
If it is a partial it is called a snake eye. Like this one
Ok and here is the big one guys
Abyssinian
“An Abyssinian is just an “Eye Pigmented”gecko, with out the eye pigmented.” It is not its own morph it is a term that is coined to tell what it is.
An Abyssinian is just an “eye pigmented” gecko that is not showing eye pigment but it will act genetically like an “eye pigmented” gecko.
It is called something different to distinguish that it is actually something it is just not showing what it is to the extent of what we are looking for. So its not just a “het” for the “eye pigment” it actually is the “eye pigment”
This type of gecko will also have a lighter then normal color to its eyes the reason for this is because it is lacking the dark pigment in its eyes it is lighter then normal and it is showing the red veins in the eye because the dark pigment is not covering the veins. Its kind of like a paradoxing of the eye if you will. It works that if the eye doesn’t have that “eye pigmentation” it has no pigmentation.
So with these type of geckos again you look at them genetically like an “eye pigmented” gecko. When breeding one of these non “eye pigmented geckos to a “eye pigmented geckos you will get all eye pigmented geckos.
Now wait with that last statement why is it when I cross my “eye pigmented” gecko to my “eye pigmented” gecko. Why do I get non “eye pigmented” geckos? That is because you got one of these geckos that is an “eye pigmented” geckos that is not showing the “eye pigment”
When breeding these non “eye pigmented” geckos. It can be looked at as “eye pigmented” geckos.
When selling these non “eye pigmented” geckos they should be sold as non “ eye pigmented “ just so that there is no confusion.
Eye Pigment
Ok here is where it gets a little weird on us. How dose the eye pigment happen? Well the eye pigment is related to the pattern in a way. But once the eye pigment is expressed it is then acts kind of like a not so simple recessive.
So lets break this down. The first time we saw the eye pigmentation it was for sure the coolest thing in leopard geckos the bad part was how did it happen and how did it work. There was a quest to have the all orange gecko. This is where a few key people came in. First was Ron Tremper of Leopardgecko.com (the godfather of leopard geckos) he was the first to make the Aptor. What the Aptor was, was an albino ‘patternless’ stripe. This geckos was what they were looking for a solid orange gecko. It was not understood how he got it at that point but he had it. From this Aptor breed back to its siblings, was hatched the first R.A.P.T.O.R and a few days later the first Eclipse.
Meanwhile Alberto of A&M Geckos was working on a project where he was crossing his stripe and reverse stripe jungle giants to Red Stripes. From these geckos he was creating these solid orange non albino geckos. He coined them “patternless” stripes because that is the way they looked and they were from a stripe line and didn’t know what else to call them.
Alberto got one of the first R.A.P.T.O.R.s. this is where he start to figure out the genetics of what was going on. The “patternless” stripe babies were split into two breeding groups.
One group of females was breed back to a “patternless” stripe male.
So it was
“patternless” stripe from (albino Reverse stripe X red stripe ) X “patternless” stripe from (albino Reverse stripe X red stripe )
From this cross geckos with pigment in the eyes hatched out.
Group 2 was
“patternless” stripe from (albino Reverse stripe X red stripe ) X R.A.P.T.O.R
This also produced geckos with the eye pigment.
So from these results it was known that the eye pigment was Unlocked from the crossing of these “patternless” stripe geckos.
Proving that the eye pigment was acted recessive
The next step was to see if the eye pigment would pass on to the next generation.
In this breeding a super snow was used. What this did was see two things in the same breeding. One if the eye pigment from the super snow and the eye pigment from the Raptor were the same or different. The cross was done and all of the babies came out snow but no eye pigment. So this meant that the two eye pigments were different and that if the Raptor eye pigment was to pass on it would either have to be recessive or it was something to do with the pattern.
When crossing the (super snow X Raptor) X (super snow X Raptor) geckos were produced that had the eye pigment and they were banded. This meant that it was not just the pattern that had an effect on the eyes. The eye pigment was acting like a recessive trait.
So you can make the eye pigment from scratch by breeding “patternless” stripe X“patternless” stripe
Or by crossing two geckos that are “het” for the eye pigment.
This also means that crossing a “het” for the eye pigment to a “patternless” stripe will also give you the eye pigment.
So there is 3 ways to actually get eye pigment. The best way to look at it is that true “patternless” stripe geckos can always be looked at as “het” for eye pigmentation even though they might not have a parent that is showing the eye pigment. So that is where a lot of the confusion comes in. A lot of people think that is just cut and dry and well it is but not as simple as people think it is.
The other weird thing that happens is eye pigment X eye pigment dose not always give you eye pigment. This is explained by the amount of eye pigment in the eyes. The eye pigment in the eyes can be looked at like this
“All geckos with black eye pigment are eclipses, but not all eclipses have eye pigment.”
*For the sake of confusion in the next part when I say “eye pigment” you can plug in eclipse, raptor, radar, typhoon, ect ect….
And all of you will ask will if it is not showing “eye pigment”, how can you call it “eye pigment”. The reason is that the eye pigment varies in every gecko that is “eye pigment”.
This can range from solid like this raptor
to none at all like this mack eclipse.
If it is a partial it is called a snake eye. Like this one
Ok and here is the big one guys
Abyssinian
“An Abyssinian is just an “Eye Pigmented”gecko, with out the eye pigmented.” It is not its own morph it is a term that is coined to tell what it is.
An Abyssinian is just an “eye pigmented” gecko that is not showing eye pigment but it will act genetically like an “eye pigmented” gecko.
It is called something different to distinguish that it is actually something it is just not showing what it is to the extent of what we are looking for. So its not just a “het” for the “eye pigment” it actually is the “eye pigment”
This type of gecko will also have a lighter then normal color to its eyes the reason for this is because it is lacking the dark pigment in its eyes it is lighter then normal and it is showing the red veins in the eye because the dark pigment is not covering the veins. Its kind of like a paradoxing of the eye if you will. It works that if the eye doesn’t have that “eye pigmentation” it has no pigmentation.
So with these type of geckos again you look at them genetically like an “eye pigmented” gecko. When breeding one of these non “eye pigmented geckos to a “eye pigmented geckos you will get all eye pigmented geckos.
Now wait with that last statement why is it when I cross my “eye pigmented” gecko to my “eye pigmented” gecko. Why do I get non “eye pigmented” geckos? That is because you got one of these geckos that is an “eye pigmented” geckos that is not showing the “eye pigment”
When breeding these non “eye pigmented” geckos. It can be looked at as “eye pigmented” geckos.
When selling these non “eye pigmented” geckos they should be sold as non “ eye pigmented “ just so that there is no confusion.