Fat Tail Genetics

[Duncan]

Can anyone tell me what the genetics are for the stripe vs. non-strip in fat tail geckos? I have a striped male and both a striped and non-striped female. I was sure that my first two clutches of eggs this year were from the striped female, and so far they have come out 3 striped: 1 non-striped. This would work out to be a perfect Mendelian ratio if both the parents were het for stripe and the striping was the dominant trait; but for some reason I thought the striping was a recessive trait. I guess not?!
Anyone with any experience in fat tail genetics want to confirm that it is a dom trait?
Thanks,
Duncan

[Youkai]

I had always thought it was merely recessive myself.
But then, I bred a striped male to a banded female. The eggs never hatched, no matter what I did. But I would find, inside the eggs, striped, half developed offspring. Last I checked, in a recessive trait, even a striped x het stripe shouldn't equal 100% striped offspring!

I'm sad I could never hatch the eggs. But perfect diet for the parents and perfect incubation wouldn't work. I followed the advice of a buddy of mine who breeds dozens of them, with no luck. I actually really miss those guys, I loved fat tails!

[beth wallbank]

I have had good success this season in breeding the fattails, and breeding a striped to a striped produces striped, while a striped to a banded will result in one banded and one striped.
Good luck with your little guys.