Ultra is a recently discovered hypo type gene that is non allelic with any of the other hypo verieties. What was found out is that the Ultra gene resides on the same locus on the chromosone string as the Amel gene does. So, when a homozygous Ultra is bred to ANY form of Amel, one parent sends down the ultra and one the amel and both sit in the same locus thus forming a combo type animal. This gene combo was named Ultramel since it is an animal that exhibits both the amel and ultra (hypo) look.



When the caramel gene is added to the mix it ends up being a snake carrying the ultra and amel gene on one locus and the caramel on the other so is a really neat souped up butter. This was named Goldust.



So, in answer to the question given, breeding the aforementioned snakes should result in 50% goldust and 50% butter. Out of those, 50% should be stripe/motley and 50% het stripe. The reason that you would NOT get normals is that the ultra and the amel combine just like two amel genes would combine to make an amel looking animal. So you do end up having compatible gene mixes that will produce non normal results.



Hope this helps some.

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