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May 22, 2014 4:28 PM CST
Name: Ron
Naples, Florida (Zone 10a)
Region: Florida Hummingbirder Butterflies Adeniums Bromeliad Hibiscus
Foliage Fan Plant and/or Seed Trader Xeriscape Seed Starter Garden Ideas: Level 1 Plant Identifier
I have read that variegated Adeniums tend to "throw" albino seedlings, though that would likely be a process different from genetic albinism, more related to the process whereby many variegated plants will send out an albino stem or branch.

The situation here looks like a typical genetic recessive. In animals when offspring are produced from non-albino parents that both carry the albino gene, statistically 25% of the offspdring will be albino. Of 16 seedlings, 4 are albino, 25%.

I find the apparent presence of an albino gene in plants quite interesting.

Ron
[He] decided that if a few quiet beers wouldn't allow him to see things in a different light, then a few more probably would. - Terry Pratchett

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