That actually makes perfect sense to me now that I think about it. I've always wondered how four distinct 'phases' of albinism can be present from the same breeding out of the same strain. Now thinking of it as graded levels of melanin being produced, it makes sense. The only thing you have to figure out is how a clutch can contain one or all four phases from the same breeding. Obviously that involves crossing over and such among the parents' chromosomes. I wonder though, whenever twins are produced, are they always of the same phase? They should be. If not, that makes it *much* more confusing!
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