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I have no idea what I want to be when I grow up, though mad scientist is a perennial favorite. I love to debate things, and often play devil's advocate just for the hell of it. I am a pseudo-geek: real geeks laugh at my geeklessness. Non-geeks call me geeky. It's a hard, hard life.

I use Diigo because It makes delicious look pitiful. Yeah, that's right delicious--I pity you.

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TSK - The Snake Keeper - Genetically Speaking part 2 on 2009-09-03
- Normal x Heterozygous albino
  a⁺a⁺ x a⁺a
  
  In this cross there is a mixture of offspring. 50% of the hatchlings are normal or wild type, a⁺a⁺. 50% of the hatchlings are heterozygous albinos, a⁺a. Since there are no visual differences between the hatchlings that are heterozygous albinos and the normals the entire clutch is labeled 50% possible heterozygous albinos.
- a⁺a x a⁺a
  
  In this cross there is a mixture of offspring. 25% of the hatchlings are normal or wild type, a⁺a⁺. 50% of the hatchlings are heterozygous albinos, a⁺a. 25% of the hatchlings are albino, aa. Since there are no visual differences between the hatchlings that are heterozygous albinos and the normals the normal looking ball pythons are labeled 66% possible heterozygous albinos.
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- - Heterozygous albino x Albino
    a⁺a x aa
    
    In this cross there is also a mixture of offspring. 50% of the hatchlings are heterozygous albino, a⁺a. 50% of the hatchlings are albinos, aa.
  - Albino x Axanthic
    aaax⁺ax⁺ x a⁺a⁺axax
    
    In this cross all the resulting offspring are double heterozygous for albino and axanthic, a⁺aax⁺ax.
  - Double heterozygous albino axanthic x Double heterozygous albino axanthic
    a⁺aax⁺ax x a⁺aax⁺ax
  - Double heterozygous albino axanthic x albino heterozygous axanthic
    a⁺aax⁺ax x aaax⁺ax
    
    In this cross 12.5% of the offspring are heterozygous for albino a⁺aax⁺ax⁺, 25% of the offspring are heterozygous for albino and heterozygous for axanthic a⁺aax⁺ax, 12.5% of the offspring are axanthic heterozygous for albino a⁺aaxax, 12.5% of the offspring are albino aaax⁺ax⁺, 25% of the offspring are albino heterozygous axanthic aaax⁺ax, 12.5% of the offspring are snow aaaxax.
  - Double heterozygous albino axanthic x snow
    a⁺aax⁺ax x aaaxax
    
    In this cross 25% of the offspring are heterozygous for albino and heterozygous for axanthic a⁺aax⁺ax, 25% of the offspring are axanthic heterozygous for albino a⁺aaxax, 25% of the offspring are albino heterozygous axanthic aaax⁺ax, 25% of the offspring are snow aaaxax.
  - Albino heterozygous axanthic x snow
    aaax⁺ax x aaaxax
    
    In this cross 50% of the offspring are albino heterozygous for axanthic aaax⁺ax and 50% of the offspring are snow aaaxax.
TSK - The Snake Keeper - Genetically Speaking part 1 on 2009-09-03
- Allele – one of two or more alternative forms a gene may take. A homozygous wild type allele, together with wild type alleles at all other loci, produces a normal individual. A changed, or mutant, allele at one locus can block or divert a biochemical pathway to produce a phenotype that is different from the normal.
- Locus (plural = loci) – the location on a chromosome where a specific gene resides. Think of it as a street address.
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- - Codominant – a mutant allele that changes the phenotype when either homozygous or heterozygous. A heterozygous individual does not look like a homozygous individual, and neither does it look like a normal.
  - Double Heterozygous – heterozygous at two gene loci.
  - Triple Heterozygous – heterozygous at three gene loci.
  - The symbol is a unique one to four letter abbreviation of the mutant name. For example, a could be used for albino. As a is already taken, ax could be used for axanthic.
    All characters in a recessive mutant’s symbol are lower case. Again, a is for albino, a recessive mutation.
    All characters in a dominant or codominant mutant’s symbol are lower case, except for the first letter, which is upper case. For example, Ti could stand for tiger, a codominant mutant in the reticulated python.
    The symbol of the locus is the same as the symbol for the first mutant gene found at that locus. For example, a stands for both the albino mutant gene and the albino’s locus. Ti stands for both the tiger mutant gene and the tiger’s locus.
    The symbol of the wild type or normal allele at each locus is the locus symbol followed by a plus sign as a superscript. For example, the wild type allele at the a locus would be a⁺. The wild type allele at the Ti locus would be Ti⁺. If usage is clear, the wild type allele can be symbolized by a plus sign alone.
    As genes come in pairs, there are two alleles in a genotype. The two symbols may be separated by two slash marks (//), particularly in complicated genotypes. While useful, the slash marks are optional. For example, an albino individual could be symbolized either a//a or aa. A heterozygous tiger could be either Ti//Ti⁺ or TiTi⁺.
    The more dominant allele goes on the left side of the genotype and the more recessive allele goes on the right side of the genotype.
  - For the following example we will use a breeding between an albino and a normal, or albino x normal. The albino is represented by aa and the normal, wild type, is represented by a⁺a⁺. The cross is written aa x a⁺a⁺.
  - The resulting offspring are all heterozygous for the albino trait, however they all look like normal ball pythons. Ball pythons that are heterozygous for a recessive mutant gene display the normal phenotype.
  - It is also important to remember that the odds apply to each egg in the clutch. Many times the odds are applied to the clutch as a whole, instead of to each egg individually.
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FAQ on Delicious on 2009-07-27
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  note that Tag Descriptions are always public.
- How can I view only the bookmarks of a certain file type (MP3, PDF, etc.)?
  
  For certain kinds of bookmarked URLs, Delicious automatically creates
  special tags to make them easier to find. To see these bookmarks, simply
  enter the applicable tag into the tag bar. Here's a list of them.
  
  Audio items are automatically tagged system:media:audio. Audio items with a
  ".mp3" or ".wav" extension will automatically be tagged system:filetype:mp3
  and system:filetype:wav respectively.
  
  Video items are automatically tagged system:media:video. These include
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  system:filetype:png.
  
  Documents are automatically tagged system:media:document. These include
  system:filetype:pdf and system:filetype:doc.
  
  Multimedia filetype RSS Feeds
  
  Audio and video tags also automatically generate an RSS-with-enclosures
  feed. So if you're looking at a page of bookmarks tagged with
  system:filetype:mp3, the RSS feed for this page will include code that
  podcast readers can subscribe to just like any other podcast.
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- - Bookmarks saved with your buttons are public by default, but imported
    bookmarks are private by default.
  - you're the only person who can see the nicknames you create for the
    people in your Network.
  - Yes, you can tag both private ("not shared") and public bookmarks with "for:" tags.
  - Our enhanced search feature now lets you search the context of the page you're on. What does this mean? Quite simply,
    if you're looking at a specific user's bookmarks, you can search their bookmarks. If you're looking at a specific tag,
    you can search only items with that tag. We also let you search tag intersections as well as user + tag. Select
    "These Bookmarks" from the search box dropdown and experiment, it's much easier to do than to explain!
  - What advanced search options can I use?
    
    Enter some words, and you'll get back links that contain all of them: bacon
    lettuce tomato finds BLTs.
    
    The search engine goes through bookmark descriptions, notes, and tags. Tags
    can be searched exclusively, though, by prefixing the word with "tag:" like
    so: tag:bacon.
    
    The purists out there might want to search for BLTs specifically. They're
    welcome to look for "bacon lettuce and tomato" as a phrase. Note the quotes.
    
    Maybe you can take or leave bacon. Maybe you also like tofu sandwiches.
    You're the kind of person who'll love the OR operator and parentheses:
    (bacon OR tofu) lettuce tomato gets you BLTs or the tofu, lettuce and tomato
    variety.
    
    Vegans can use the - (minus) prefix to exclude meat products: lettuce tomato
    -bacon -ham gets you salads.
    
    The search engine also supports AND, which is almost never needed because
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