Flame

Crested Gecko (Correlophus ciliatus)

What Flame looks like

Dorsal pattern with clean sides

Creates flame-like pattern formations, possibly distinct from Harlequin flame-concentration. Appears to produce pointed flame shapes. Dominance pattern unclear. Polygenic inheritance suspected.

How to identify it: Flame animals show distinct flame-shaped pattern elements.

How Flame is inherited

Flame follows a polygenic inheritance pattern, carried on the Flame allele (locus FLAME).

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