Originally Posted by Blutengel
Ok, it is an intergrade pairing, but for some it is just as evil LOL
I bred my speckled king to my albino striped california, to see what happens in F2 with the striping versus the speckling.
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I'd be interested in knowing in what they look like on the underside of the tail.
Two clutches of my banded amel X wc banded male produced all banded young - but some were very dark under the tail.
I'm up in northern california and every king I've found has been banded and has banded underside of tail.
Apparently - banded offspring from striped heritage often have dark underside of the tail -
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Those are syblings, btw.
The one with banding underside of tail got mom's beautiful yellow and dad's fishnet banding - the one with dark underside got dad's cream and mom's cleaner bands.
Cal King pattern genetics is very complex - but it would be neat to know what's going on - and note the underside of the tail of parents vs offspring.
Anyway - I'd be curious to see what the underside of the tail of your F1 intergrades look like. I'm curious about what the underside of the tail of my F1 cal king X mbk will look like - as it is the same female that produced dark undersides when on some young when paired with a WC male from locality where the tail is always banded on underside (about a 50/50 mix).
Seeing what happens in intergrades and hybrids may help understand pattern genetics to a greater degree (and may not) - speckled X cal king sounds like a neat intergrade.
