#Morph Gene
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fr-thecollectors · 6 months ago
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another project completed!
Vanity [she/her] is a spirit hunter. Spirit-touched herself upon her hatching in a ravaged clan with few survivors, she learned to use the abilities granted to her by the Forest - in order to strike down the Forest's own malevolent energies. It grew furious with her using its own power against it.
It eventually destroyed the remainder of her clan in retaliation, forcing her to flee deeper into the trees, forever both predator and prey to its terrible energies. Now she wanders, attempting to find the Forest's Heart, to end its torment of its denizens - once and for all...
[skin: wild sheep by Silis]
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bonusdragons · 1 month ago
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September 25, 2024:
Peridot Primary, Undertide, Morph.
Blightmare of ThatOnePlagueDr's clan!
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candycoloredragons · 2 years ago
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Nightshade/Orchid/Storm
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re-colligere · 17 days ago
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ouughhhh i love these nerds so much <3 fanart for @tragicvampireromanceisland 's superhero au featuring a bunch of joyness sillays!! solarflare needs to be a bit more careful when saving people like that, smh.
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teandragons · 11 months ago
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a pirate's life for me Light v Arcane 7 - Alphrussia #74890507!
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butcher--bird · 6 months ago
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sorry for being absent dealing with a sick pet
also to any other reptile owners out there i have to ask a question?? do people not offer you sympathy over pet health issues or whatever else involving your pet because they dont feel reptiles are "real pets"? this also extends to any 'unusual' pet owners like bugs or something
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girlfriend-boyfriend · 4 months ago
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Dragons inspired by Boneyard familiars
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frog-rising · 1 year ago
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possibilities for my metals pair
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mantisgodsdomain · 2 years ago
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We do think that Riz is a gynandromorph of some description, especially since damselfly sexual dimorphism tends to be pretty distinct and he's displaying a very unconventional morph for a damselfly of any flavor. He would have no goddamned clue what that would mean, of course, and he probably wouldn't care about it if you told him, but he's definitely got something going on there.
#we speak#bug fables#for reference its a Thing for damselflies to have mimicry in the form of Females Who Look Like Males#but its a one-way street. theres no equivalent female-mimic morph for males#which makes riz Extremely Notable since hes displaying a real clear female morph there#and though being transgender would be very much possible for him we prefer this option#especially since it also offers extra reason why he's got such a broad palette compared to his sister and his father#guy is Unusually Big for a male damselfly and just didnt think twice about it. he feels like the sort of guy who just#wouldnt care overly much for self-definition we think. hes got a job to do. do you think he cares about how rare his genes are?#for his sister there is literally no way to tell if shes transfem or just a mimic morph and tbh good for her#we'll. drop some comparison images in a reblog for the irl damselflies#but in general we favor this one both bc it appeals to us more and bc riz just feels like the sort of guy who wouldnt care much abt gender#like. even if he were trans he feels like the sort of guy who would tell like three people about his pronouns#and then just go about his day and either they tell people or they dont and he doesnt particularly care either way#hes got things to do. traps to build. yes hes a guy but what is the point of making a thing out of it when theres poachers to deal with#he feels like the sort of dude to be Cis Guy enough that hes entirely confused as to what ur talking about if u try and misgender him#no clue where youre coming from but youre wrong#anyways back to spear fighting 101#(note: male and female used here as in the arbitrary sex categories. its the junk. we know its not accurate to being A People)#(its the terminology we've got in the back drawer)
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kedreeva · 2 years ago
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Do you think you could give your opinions on the recessive / lethal yellow genes in mice? Do you think you'd ever consider breeding recessive yellow? (If you haven't already.) I'm just super curious about your thoughts on them as I don't really know a lot about genetics. Do you think it's possible to breed a consistently healthy line of yellow mice? I'm just super curious to hear your thoughts as a breeder
Well, this is a kind of long answer and I'll warn it discusses animal death, so I'll put it behind a cut.
Personally, I wouldn't, but not because of ethics concerns; I just don't like any of the colors made with RY/AY. They're just not visually appealing to me. I had a couple RY pop up from the Taylor black line when I first got it, and they were just enh. A good, rich red, esp a satin red, can be a really perfect looking mouse... but by god that's years of work and it never ends because Red is such a hard phenotype to maintain and I'm just not that determined. I'm convinced that people breed for red because seeing it opens all the ferret cages in their brain, not because they can be normal about it. If you want good reds, it's like you dedicate your life (and mousery) to it or you don't do it, and my life's already dedicated to the peafowl. My mousery is already dedicated to blacks and tricolors.
As for the AY gene itself, it's a "lethal" gene in that homozygosity is lethal but it's lethal at the blastocyst stage so it's not really an ethical problem imo. If it was lethal as in the pups deteriorate and die post partum, or if it caused well developed pups to die/be stillborn such that it caused the dam health risks, then it would be a problem. But, it doesn't. You just get smaller litters because some cells die way early on and get reabsorbed. I don't really have any problems with that. Show breeders cull litters down to 4-6 pups (for dam and pup health reasons), so it's not like all of them would be turning into adults anyway.
As for the genetic issues with the adult mice, there are three major health issues. The first is obesity (sort of), and the major problem there is keeping them in breeding shape (meaning, capable of doing the do at all). Curiously, in at least one study I remember seeing, there's a difference between an obese mouse of X color mutation and an AY that's considered obese because of its natural body type; for example, an obese black mouse will likely have a shortened lifespan, whereas an AY mouse doesn't (at least not less than any other mouse color mutation) unless it's obese for an AY. So this isn't really a problem as long as the breeder is watching their diet and ensuring they stay fit for their body type.
The other two genetic problems actually are health issues related directly to the AY gene, and that's being prone to diabetes and to tumors. However, these are both things that (any good) breeders would notice, cull, and therefore not breed forward, in order to keep the line as free from them as possible. Which really isn't any different than any other line that develops health problems of any sort. People don't keep health problems. A good breeder should be and usually is aware of the potential health problems in the lines they are breeding, particularly if it's a genetic one that can't be avoided (like you can't avoid AY if you're breeding AY), and will know what to look for and intervene as soon as possible. Diabetic mice urinate excessively so it's REALLY noticeable, and tumors... well. Hard to miss. And tumors of various sorts is a fairly common "select away from/cull" problem in any mutation, it's just slightly higher risk in AY.
So the short answer, in my opinion, AY isn't really an unethical gene to work with. It's not one I'd choose to work with, but I don't think the people who do are doing anything wrong just for working with the gene at all. It comes down to the same ethics as any other mutation; working to maintain body condition and selecting for health.
Honestly, out of all the animals I've seen bred and bred myself, I think mouse breeders in general have proven themselves to be the most concerned with what's best for the animal, not the breeder. The show clubs like FMBA and AFRMA etc won't recognize standards for things like snub noses or manx tails or anything else that would potentially seriously impact QoL by nature of existing at all, and at least in the groups I'm in, the members are not shy about recognizing when health problems mean no breeding for a mouse regardless of how pretty or sweet. When someone newer asks what to do, I've never seen anyone support trying to breed a mouse with issues, or usually even keep one whose QoL would be poor. They are very familiar with the kindest thing you can do is let them go. It's a breath of fresh air from the goddamn chicken groups, who will limp along any bird that's still breathing regardless of what's best for the bird.
I think the only morph I've seen that I have an ethical problem with is the X-brindle gene, which is a "brindle" gene on the X chromosome that causes the mouse to be unable to absorb copper. This means that the males DO founder and die after birth (which means most people just humanely euthanize the male pups, they aren't out here letting them suffer that I've seen), and females get a strange coat color and curled whiskers from low copper absorption. Does have a second X gene that's clean so they still can, but it's really an unnecessary mutation to continue imo. It hasn't been recognized by the show clubs that I know of, but idk if they can be shown under normal brindle or if you can tell at a glance, as I don't really know as much about them or any of the AY gene specifics. I have basic knowledge but since i don't breed them myself it's very in passing knowledge. I know it's rarely bred or worked with in the first place, and I hope it stays that way or disappears entirely.
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fr-thecollectors · 8 months ago
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woe wildclaw wednesday be be upon ye!
i have. more wildclaws than i thought i did
Darklight (he/him) (skin: The End of All Roads by Satire) Blitz (he/him) (skin: Shepherd of Affliction by Endivinity) Mao (she/her) (skin: Sol's Blight by iiPessimystic) Kaiju (he/him) Aera (they/them) (skin: Dracolich by Tec) Zak (it/they) (skin: Wavespun Ivy by Pesticide) Mandan (she/her) (skin: Syrah by Eryel) Smackdown (he/him) (skin: Corporate Warfare by Kabu)
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bonusdragons · 7 months ago
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April 22, 2024:
Crimson Secondary, Obelisk, Morph.
Ares of Darkfire's clan!
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candycoloredragons · 2 years ago
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Orange/Sunset/Navy
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yippeedragons · 7 months ago
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more xyz scry gaming today (rust/peach/berry, rare fire eyes)
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tiredspirals · 7 months ago
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Before and after
Awhile ago I bought a triple obsidian wildclaw so I could have one "wildly popular combo" in my lair. I like wildclaws. I love black and white
I was clicking around for new genes, and harl/jester is such a a huge deviation from the solid black that I kinda really love it. The terts that cover more body add a nice splash of that obsidian back to the form. I haven't made the plunge yet but I might
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jacks-archive · 2 years ago
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Smoke/Smoke/Smoke
XXX Masterlist
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