Double het??

[Coliosis]

Hey I just bought a male that is apparently a translucent, het hypo and double het for tiger stripes. What does double het for tiger stripes mean? Is "double het" just that he is het for both hypo and tiger stripes? Or does the "double het" refer to just the tiger stripes?

Here's a pic, why not?

Thanks in advance

 

[Drache613]

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[Coliosis]

Anyone? lol I tried looking it up but that didn't help me

 

[TLreptiles]

Ok well I have never heard of tiger stripes being HET. Usually het will stand for het hypo, het trans, etc. I have heard of people saying het for leather but I also heard that's not a true het.... This website really helped me figure alot out when I first started breeding.

http://www.mbdragons.eu/en/genetica.html

 

[TheWolfmanTom]

Sorry to say but your dragon cant be double het for tiger stripes. If (and I say If because I dont feel tiger stripe is a morph) your dragon had 2 parents with the tiger stripe genes then the offspring would be a tiger stripe.
Now IF tiger stripe was a gene in 1 parent and not the other, then your baby would be het for stripe. Double het refers to having 2 different gene markers but not showing the physical trait.

 

[Coliosis]

Oh okay that makes more sense. Thanks Tom! We didn't buy him for the tiger stripes though, especially considering I have no others with the tiger stripe gene that I know of, I was just curious as to what the guy could have meant by that! He didn't even mention it until we were picking him up.

As far as I know leatherback is a dominant gene so a "het leatherback" would be a leatherback, homo for the trait would be a silkback. I'd love a leatherback

 

[TheWolfmanTom]

There is no het leatherback. Being a co dom gene they either show it or dont.

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[Jayson745]

never heard of any genetic stripes either. Although, there are recessive leatherbacks. american smoothies? Then there is the more popular dominant italian leatherback.

We actually just bought a hypo het trans microscale, which to my understanding is a recessive leather, and dominant leather at the same time. They look like a leatherback, but have no side spikes. He just got here this morning, and is pretty sweet. I'll have to see if I can get a picture or 2 later.

 

[Coliosis]

That's true I forgot about the American smoothies! I'd love to see some pics
I agree about the tiger stripes, it's more of a morph than a breed. One of my babies looks like he kinda has tiger stripes: