Well.........first things first........the term IMG has been used by just about everyone to describe what they think is an IMG ( increasing melanin gene ). The snakes that we have been seeing a lot of lately...you know.....the ones that start out normal...then shed and WHAM........are axanthic as the definition in the book.....those are not genetic and are probably some sort of nutritional deficiency......the real IMG's (still unproven as of yet?.?.?.?.) are born/hatch as VISUAL morphs.....i.e. they come out of the egg as IMG. There are very few of these in captive collections......most of whihc came from the same breeder....I personally have recieved a few produced by someone local over the course of 3 years...so there is a genetic link in this line........My animals are now in the collection of VPI and I am eagerly awating Tracy's production of some cool new combos..........gotta love double recessives!!!



Here are a couple pics of some of the IMG's that I feel are the genetic line....



















These were owned by Ben Seigel about 5 or so years ago.......different from my animals....from the same person I believe....



















Here are a copuple pics of one of the color chaging balls that I feel is not genetic....



















now to answer your question:



If IMG* were proven to be genetic and you crossed it into an albino project would the double morph offspring:





1. Appear as normal albinos and then get whiter?

2. Appear as normal albinos and then get black spots or blacken?

3. It would have no affect?

4. Other ...





I feel that the answer to this is......they would be born/hatch as very white animals with brilliant yellow highlights......as they aged they would get whiter with more cream coloration to them......



I personally would mix the hypo gene into it.........should make a nice combo...the T- albino will be................blah............as would most other crosses.........the Caramel or lav albinos would be HOTTTTTTT as they would have some weird colors happening....







Jared Horenstein

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• Hypothetically ..... - toshamc, Mon Apr 10 20:20:13 2006
• Well.... - Mahlon, Mon Apr 10 21:17:56 2006
• I vote not possible - rwoodyer, Tue Apr 11 01:12:27 2006
• Answers.... - JaredHorenstein, Tue Apr 11 09:16:02 2006
• Nutritional - viridisnakes, Tue Apr 11 11:07:07 2006
• RE: Answers.... - snakefreek, Tue Apr 11 11:26:54 2006
• RE: Answers.... - JaredHorenstein, Wed Apr 12 05:21:29 2006
• Don't have answers (more) - Paul Hollander, Wed Apr 12 17:26:21 2006
• So this is where the question comes from - toshamc, Tue Apr 11 12:00:23 2006
• RE: So this is where the question comes - PHLdyPayne, Tue Apr 11 12:39:29 2006
• RE: So this is where the question comes - willwoh, Tue Apr 11 14:13:35 2006
• genetics, not electronics - rwoodyer, Tue Apr 11 20:48:39 2006
• the age old question - jarskie, Wed Apr 12 03:23:03 2006