Betta Fish Marble Gene

Most black lace fish we see today come out of marble strains.

Betta fish marble gene.

It is a partially recessive genetic so if you have a betta with the marbling gene and you breed it to a betta with no marbling genetics you might get a few marbled fry. A lot of people in the fish community seem to believe this is the origin of marbling but keep in mind 40 of the human genome are transposons and we don t really marble. A result of the. A dna sequence that can change its position within the genome as a result marble bettas often have splotches of pigment or areas without pigment all over their body and fins.

Marble is used to describe a type of betta fish by its physical blotchy appearance but more importantly by the special genes they have called jumping genes or transposons as they are now called. There are no articles that prove or disprove this so let s talk about pigmentation and coloration in betta fish. But they all carry the gene. In fact marbling is pretty common.

Now let s say you breed 2 marbled betta. You are bound to get at the least a quarter marbled fry. So crossbreeding a marble and a solid colored betta fish will usually result in a spawn of mostly solid colored fish with a few marble patterned bettas thrown into the mix. Because the marble gene is a transposon its color is unstable and often marble bettas will develop more or less color throughout their entire lives.

Patterns that appear on bettas are the result of gene s that modify the way pigment appears on the fish. Click subscribed to get a new video. Well she sent in some photos of her betta fish and it became immediately obvious that she has a marble betta. The black lace betta is a dark colored fish that rarely approaches the depth and intensity of the melano black 18.

These patterns are not usually defined by colors and multiple patterns can appear on a fish making for a large range of possibilities. Displays of neurological condition.