Its generally regarded these days that the hypomelanistic boa mutation is simple dominant - which means the homozygous (a.k.a. "super", double allele) version does not look distinctly different from the heterzygous (single allele) version. If this is the case, how do those producing hog hypo x hog hypo litters claim to be able to identify which are "super" or not?

Im not trying stir up anything here, just wondering. Do the sunset people believe that the hog locality influence somehow changes the hypo trait into a codominant one? As far as I know, all we have in regards to identifying the supers are best guesses... no way to know 100% for sure. It is also my understanding that even Rich and John from salmonboa will not guarantee supers unless it was from a super x super breeding... and I'd imagine they probably have the most salmon x salmon breeding experience out of anybody out there. So how do the sunset breeders pull it off? Anyone know?
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