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Sex determination Gila Monster

This is an inherited trait, not a morph. Nobody breeds for it.

peer reviewed

Offspring odds

No numbers for this one.

No inheritance mode has been recorded for Sex determination, so no offspring odds are given. Guessing one would be worse than saying nothing: a breeder would plan a season on it.

What this rests on

A peer-reviewed paper identifies the variant behind this morph.

  • Incomplete dosage balance and dosage compensation in the ZZ/ZW Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum) revealed by de novo genome assembly.bioRxiv 2023

Entry in Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals

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