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From what I've read theres seems to be a link that white snakes are more inclined to have genetic problems linked to a decrease in melanin. Not sure how true that is but supposedly malanin plays a role in developing the brain.
 
R. Eventide said:
What connection is there between incubation/development time and neurological problems? Why would slower development decrease chances for problems? Logically, I don't see any sort of connection between the two. Is there evidence of a correlation elsewhere?
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As far as I KNOW, there isn't a link... My logic behind it is that IF the problem is developmental, and the snake has more time to develop proper neuronal connections, perhaps it COULD alleviate some of the problem...

Granted, it probably isn't a hypothesis worth testing, considering there HASN'T been a link shown (that I know of), and the cost (financially, emotionally, etc) greatly outweighs the benefits...
 
dustinNMpythons said:
From what I've read theres seems to be a link that white snakes are more inclined to have genetic problems linked to a decrease in melanin. Not sure how true that is but supposedly malanin plays a role in developing the brain.
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This doesn't make sense to me. If that were true, then albinos and leucistics would tend to have more problems than other morphs, but I haven't noticed any trend to that effect. (Not to say the trend doesn't exist just because I haven't noticed, but it should show up at least occasionally, I would think.)

ReptileJay said:
As far as I KNOW, there isn't a link... My logic behind it is that IF the problem is developmental, and the snake has more time to develop proper neuronal connections, perhaps it COULD alleviate some of the problem...

Granted, it probably isn't a hypothesis worth testing, considering there HASN'T been a link shown (that I know of), and the cost (financially, emotionally, etc) greatly outweighs the benefits...
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Bah! I think most--if not all--hypotheses are worth testing! Some of the coolest, most surprising results in science come from people trying something no one else wanted to take the time to do! :-]
 
R. Eventide said:
This doesn't make sense to me. If that were true, then albinos and leucistics would tend to have more problems than other morphs, but I haven't noticed any trend to that effect. (Not to say the trend doesn't exist just because I haven't noticed, but it should show up at least occasionally, I would think.)



Bah! I think most--if not all--hypotheses are worth testing! Some of the coolest, most surprising results in science come from people trying something no one else wanted to take the time to do! :-]
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Well it had something to do with neuromelanin in the brain correlating with the melanin in the skin but I'm not sure I'm not a scientist just passing on what I've read. Neuromelanin by the way is what does something to the nerves in the brain to cause movement etc. but like I said I don't know.
 
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