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snake postI'd like to talk about one of my favorite ball python morphs, the banana gene. It is an incomplete dominant trait first produced by NERD in 2003. Incomplete dominant means an animal only needs one copy of the gene for it to express itself, however a "super" (homozygous) form exists when both parents pass the gene on to their offspring.

An adult and baby banana ball python. As you can see, they are bright yellow with black spots as adults, looking very much like a banana. They have white bellies. This is a different gene from albinism, and they have normal eyes. Here's a wild type for comparison:

One thing that is very unique to the banana gene is it is sex linked (the only ball python morph that does this, not sure about other animals). Female bananas will produce equal split of male and female, banana and wild type. However in males, it is linked to how the sire inherited the gene. If he inherited it from his father's side, he is a "male maker" and almost all of the bananas he produces will be male. The sex split and morph split are the same (50/50), but almost all the males will have the gene and almost all the females will be wild type. Same if he inherited the gene from his mother, just reversed (this is a "female maker"). A common myth/misunderstanding is that this holds true all the time, it does not. A male maker can still produce female banana ball pythons, and male wild types. Same for female makers, in the other direction. Roughly 3% of snakes produced from male bananas will be one of these instead of the "expected" outcome.


These are both super bananas if you wanted to see what they look like ^^


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[–] EstraDoll@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

health insurance doom postingagony-deep agony-immense my insurance is self funded and based in one of the reddest states in the fucking country. they don't have to cover shit in this state despite the fact that i'm legally guaranteed coverage in the state i live and work in because they have their tiny loophole. i just double checked with the state insurance commissioner. i need an entirely new plan to get anything covered if i don't want it out of pocket pika-cousin-suffering no-mouth-must-scream

[–] MusicOwl@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago

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This happened to me last year, and it delayed me getting anything done for a year. Where I lived at the time was a blue state, which required coverage, but the plan that I self funded into explicitly for the purpose of getting trans coverage was actually based in a very red state and they had a grandfathered in clause from the fucking Bush era that stated they did not have to provide any trans coverage. I felt so utterly defeated. I’m so sorry this system does this to us. Keep up the fight, you’ll get there.

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[–] SuperZutsuki@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago

spoilerMine does everything to deny my claims despite being "great" by American standards and in a very blue state. It covers my hormones but my doctors keep fucking up my prescription (ie: getting only 8 patches instead of 24) so I have to go DIY anyway. I'm sorry for your situation. I wish this country didn't hate us and also death to the health insurance industrial complex.