Hi Frank,

In lieu of xanthic male to match up with your female, I think it would be interesting to breed her to a very light colored male. Even if the yellow is not intensified in the breeding, perhaps the light wash of the male could prove valuable in refinement, during future generations of line breeding, as the lighter background might intensify the yellow saturation . Who knows???

I also like to focus inward, not outward in projects. I took the S GA eastern kings to F5 and never had the need to outcross them. I just selected the best examples of the traits that I was looking to enhance and went from there.

Of course, that is apples to oranges compared to recessives where value is increased and appearance is altered as combos are created (as we all know), whereas in polygenetic traits it is more of a distillation process. I've been doing the same w/ jcps since '94, just looking for each generation to be a little brighter. That's the nice thing about this hobby, people can work out their projects as they see fit. Good to talk snakes again.

Will

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