 Genetic
Morph: Platinum, Platty Daddy,
Platty
Status: Proven Co-Dominant
When: 2004
By Whom: Ralph Davis
The original "Platty Daddy" was
bred in the fall of 2000 to several normal
females..........when the clutches hatched
there were normal looking offspring and
offspring that resembled the Platinum father
( I was amazed that this was not simple
recessive ) The aberrants were not nearly
as light, faded or hypo as their father,
so I call them "Lesser Platinums"........to
date 1/03/04 I have produced Lessers from
breeding the original Platinum male to normal
females, I have produced Lessers from breeding
the first generation Lesser males ( 01s
) to normal females...........so Lesser
x Normal produces Lessers and Normals...............Platty
x Normal produces Lessers and Normals............now
here is where it gets very interesting ............I
bred Lesser x normal looking sibling and
produced Lessers, Normals and "Platty
Daddys".............this is unheard
of in the co-dom world??..............but
I knew that this would happen because I
knew that the original Platinum was carrying
a "hidden gene"...............this
"hidden gene" has to be what makes
him so hypo.........now I have not isolated
the "hidden gene" yet.......I
think in 03 I was lucky enough that the
"hidden gene" landed on three
Lessers and that would make them look like
the original father..............so basically
"Daddy Platty" is a Lesser with
a better paint job because he is also "showing"
the "hidden gene"................make
any sense to ya?...........LOL..........I
would expect that if Daddy Platty is a visible
Lesser and also homozygous for a simple
recessive trait that makes him look the
way he does, that ALL the babies should
be het for his "hidden gene" trait
regardless if they are normal looking or
Lessers.............this is what I know
so far as far as the Lessers and the Platties
go............:)
Now for the BOMB!!..............I
bred Lessers x Phantoms and produced Normals,
Phantoms, Lessers and Leucistics in 2003.........
It's 05 now and I'm gettin'
some more stuff figured out............the
Blue Eyed Lucy from breeding a Phantom x
Lesser is just that..........a "Phantom
Lesser".........a "Phantom Lesser
Lucy"..........the Blue Eyed Lucy from
breeding Platty x Lesser and Lesser x Lesser
is a "Super Lesser", the Super
Lesser being the whitest of all the "white
snakes" produced thus far ( Super Lesser
)............Platties are still only being
produced from breeding a Lesser that is
sired by Platty Daddy to a normal looking
that is sired by Platty Daddy....or Platty
Daddy x normal sib or Lesser.
Platty x Platty has not
been done as of 05.
So there it is....................I'm
slowly learning more about the "Mysterious
Platty Daddy" each breeding season....................stay
tuned!!!
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by Ralph Davis |
