Betta fish breeding

Marble was bred in the jar of peanut butter by a prisoner named Orville Gulley. The story is as follows, Orville trying to create black butterfly betta fish and accidentally discovered the marble gene. He sent several children to Walt Maurus, a member of the IBC (and some other breeders) who discovered the beauty of them and began breeding these fish. We like the Pinto horses in the world of betta fish with dark streaks on the background body pale or vice versa. The first marble with two black / white but then it evolved into a multitude of different colors and use them to create new bettas.

 

1. Techniques to breed Betta

- The marble gene seems dominant part (it is said that it is co-dominant or recessive gene part) so the marble hybrid with monochromatic fish will produce majority is monochromatic fish and a few marble. If the parents are carrying the gene marble, marble fry rate will be higher. Marble gene affects the appearance of the fish in an unpredictable manner, ie any type of color combinations and patterns. However, the breeder may have to go through several generations (and selection) before the formation of ideas and then to face the challenge to create new strains.

- Breeding marble monochrome fish together often creates a dark background, monochromatic light background, butterflies and marbles. Monochrome butterfly fish originating from marble will have the same genetic characteristics with monochromatic fish also in marble; while butterflies are bred to mono line monochrome origin, the fry will be the butterfly dominant gene section.

- Hybrid between fish monochrome dark background or monochrome light background origin from marble to create marble, monochromatic fish and butterfly fish. If the marble gene was introduced into the monochromatic line, it would be extremely difficult to return to a monochromatic line. Fish will always stick more or less strange colors or marble. Crossing lines with other lines marble effect will create "marbled" color of the line.

2. Jumping gene phenomenon

- One of the basic principles recently discovered genetic in that the existence of "moving elements" also known as "jumping genes." In fact, the existence of genes that they have the ability to move from one location to another location on the chromosome. Sometimes they insert into a position and influence the activity of genes in that position. This makes the cell (and its mirror) is not able to complete a specific task-related gene. Because temporary jumping genes located in a specific location on the chromosome, so the effects of gene loss is only temporary.

- If jumping genes exist and it inserted the gene location responsible for creating melanin, it will stop the production of pigment from which the cells (and replication) can not produce pigment black. This creates spots such fuzzy white patches or spots. The reverse can also happen! If the cells are unable to produce melanin because of the presence of jumping genes, and genes move the cell (and its mirror) is able to create black and black pigment reappears. Sometimes dark spots on a light body color of white marble suddenly appear in the middle (looks like the eyes). This can be explained easily if you think that the original human cells can not produce black pigment because the presence of jumping genes (creating a light body color) and then jumping genes move make black appear (creating black dots), and in some cells of, gene jumping back and restrict black pigment do appear white point of the black spots.

- The theory of "jumping genes" that can be used to explain why some marbles did not have a pattern, "marble". If "jumping genes" is not inserted (for dark background) or removed (for light background) in any cell during the growth of the fish pattern "marble" will not appear. Now, this can also happen with other colors ... such as green, blue, steel blue and red. Jumping gene inserted into the genome and enable or disable the ability to create pigment in human cells.

- There is a lot of evidence that jumping genes or "moving elements" can cause creating characteristics "marble" in bettas. The appearance of the marble characteristics can be explained by this theory. But to prove it can be very difficult. There is one thing for sure is true: whether you like the genetic mechanism of marbles or not, have to admit that they are very beautiful.

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