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Hines terminology

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If a Hines line SHCT is outcrossed, for how many generations can you still call it a Hines line? Does the way the babies look have any bearing? For example, if I cross a Hines SHCT with a hypo tang and the result is SHTCT with that "ghost" coloring, is this a Hines gecko? If it has spots, what do I call it? If I cross the most "Hines" looking one with something else, can I call the next generation Hines? Also, if there is a genetic component to a Hines line gecko, can you say that an offspring is "het for Hines"?
 
I've always thought of the Hines line as being exclusively the hypo trait...which I believe some breeders have been working on proving that it's co-dom. That being said, it's completely separate from the carrot tail and tang traits which are line breed. Someone will have to find the photos...but a Hines line hypo has a very ghostly look straight out of the egg, while a line breed hypo will start with much darker stripes (but not develop the spotting later, similar to Hines line in the end). Hines line hypos can and do have spots, just greatly reduced from a normal. It may be that the ones with some spotting are the het form, while those with zero spotting are the homo form. So, I think that if the gecko hatches from a Hines line (and it's EVERYWHERE) and the dark bars are ghostly, it could still be said to be a Hines line hypo (no het involved due to co-dom).


I think that sounds rather smart (and like I still remember what I'm talking about)....especially considering the baby is eating away at my brain cells like pac-man.
 
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