I thought people might find this interesting
Thank you! It was a great read and very interesting. They used the genetic sequencing to determine the genes. Is this the same thing that you had mentioned for a ball python DNA library? In leopard geckos this would just need done for every morph (which would be easier already) and then DNA testing to determine morphs would be possible? This seems like something @mblaney would be interested in since it proves that the cancer and lemon frost phenotype are both controlled by the same gene (the same thing as spider wobble related to phenotype, you canāt get rid of one without getting rid of the other).
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OMG this is so cool! 
Iāll definitely have to check this out when my brain is less fried (itās 93ā/34ā right now and this weekend itās supposed to reach 113ā/45ā, and most people in my area donāt have air conditioning). Thank you so much for sharing!!
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Yes, exactly! They compared the genome of the Lemon Frost Geckos with the genome of a standard WT leopard gecko in order to identify which gene was causative. Given that theyāve already made it this far, it paves the way for them to sequence the other morphs and compare them to the reference
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I feel youā¦just checked the local forcast and if these temperatures they are predicting are accurate I think I might not get any decent sleep or anything until at least the 1st lil bit of July assuming it cools down. I have an AC in my room but I cannot install it since I donāt have the means to board up the window to keep the cold air in the room.
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Thanks for the link.
Great science!
Got recommended an article on the lemon frost morph by Google.
I personally consider lemon frost to be a junk morph due to the cancer, but it looks like they do have a use in medical science. And who knows, maybe with more research weāll be able to produce animals that donāt grow tumors.
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