Does the genetics of the female matter?

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TattooedGZus

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Hey everybody,
I've been looking into purchasing a female veiled to raise and eventually mate with my male, Avi. What I am wondering is if it is worth investing in a "pedigree" bloodline, i.e. FL Chams has female babies from Driskel, who is quite colorful. Forgive me for sounding silly, and yes I did well in science class, but is it at all likely that the offspring would inherit any of the overly vibrant colors or patterns? Or is it just more a genetic game of chance? Any and all insight is welcome and appreciated! Thanks in advance!
 
From experience I know that my veileds offspring look just like their mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, great grandmother and great grandfather.
 
So that's a yes? LoL. I'm just trying to learn more ahead of time. My little man hasn't shown his adult colors yet. We've had his normal green, dark green, black, white, yellows, browns, and a very nice teal color so far, but nothing like some of the adult veileds I've seen. I just have seen flashes of greatness, nothing permanent yet. I have even contemplated wild veileds, but I'm leery of the possibility of parasites and them not coping well with captivity.
 
From my research and experience, the genetics of both parents is important in the formation of all offspring in all creatures with two parents! So, why would so many people assume that it is not so for chameleons? We usually only see pictures of the sires of chameleons for sale and not usually of the fathers and brothers of the dame of the chameleons for sale. To make it worse, the females does not show their genetic potential in color! So, we plug allong blindly with every pare of chameleons breeding! How silly of us all!
 
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