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This is a mutant allele for the Circle locus. This is another mutant allele for the Circle locus. This is the normal or wild-type allele for the Diamond locus. This is a mutant allele for the Diamond locus. There can be any number of alleles for a given locus. In this case, the Circle locus has three, and the Diamond locus has two.
Review:Step 2: Putting the building blocks togetherEach cornsnake has two parents. It gets one full genetic code from each of its parents. This means that every cornsnake has two complete genetic codes. That is, each cornsnake has a pair of genes at each locus.From mother From father Since the parents don't always have the same alleles, the cornsnake can have different alleles paired together. When the pair of alleles are identical, this is called homozygous, which is often shortened to "homo." The above cornsnake is homozygous at the Square, Star,Heart, Spade, and Rectangle loci because the pairs at these loci consist of identical alleles. [Home] [Digital Editions] [CMG Genetics Tutorial] [Serpwidgets Genetics] [Links] [Contact] Cornsnake Morph Guide is a registered trademark of Charles Pritzel All content on this site is copyright © 2004-2012, Charles Pritzel |