Crested Gecko morph
Crested Gecko (Correlophus ciliatus)
Recessive; complete pattern removal. Distinct from Phantom-based patternless
Complete removal of pattern elements. Distinct from Phantom (which is a melanin-producing trait); Patternless removes pattern structure entirely. Homozygous animals are completely unicolor with no pattern lines, spots, or flames.
How to identify it: Patternless animals are solid/unicolor with no visible pattern elements. Distinct from Phantom, which retains some pattern but modifies melanin.
Patternless follows a recessive inheritance pattern, carried on the Patternless allele (locus PTL).
Because Patternless is recessive, an animal needs two copies of the allele to show the trait visually. An animal with a single copy is called het patternless (heterozygous). A het animal looks normal but carries the gene, so pairing two het patternless animals produces, on average, one in four visual patternless offspring.
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