Batman Rays Again!!

[turkeyboy85]

Strange. Two batched with batman young in such a short time.

on top of that.... normally all the rays are batman.... not just a couple of them.... and guys... its not from inbreeding.... its just a genitic deformity, and when two rays that have it get together... its what happens... kinda like red hair.... if one parent has the gene in them... it has the potental to being passed down

 

[Nic]

genetic deformity...

 

[fastcarsnbigfishies]

on top of that.... normally all the rays are batman.... not just a couple of them.... and guys... its not from inbreeding.... its just a genetic deformity, and when two rays that have it get together... its what happens... kinda like red hair.... if one parent has the gene in them... it has the potential to being passed down

inbreeding magnifies genetics over time.. which is why people inbreed a certain color or shape of fish they like, in order to increase the amount of young that are born with that phenotype. so when someone says "this is due to inbreeding" they ARE saying this is due to "genetics".

Now there is no way to tell if it really is genetics, or water conditions, or other environmental conditions which are causing this. But with this newest case with part of the litter being batray and part of the litter being normal I would put my money on a recessive gene or partial dominance gene. (PS I would love to know the sex of the batrays and non batrays in both litters.) Like I said in the other thread Im sure a biology program at a university nearby doing research in genetics would love to look further into this if anyone would be so kind to let them take dna samples from there pups and parents and other rays.

 

[ewurm]

I hope these aren't being bred for the trait.

 

[NorthernMonkey]

how much are these batman rays worth?

 

[Gr8KarmaSF]

Depends on the species anywhere from hundreds to thousands....