difficult to describe but here goes:

Hypo may not simply be a reduction of melanin, it appears to actually replace or swap it with another pigment. I believe it may possibly be more of a pattern morph where it changes where the pigments are, not how much is expressed.

Example is albino vs sunglow. The clearest difference is at the tail blotches. The albino has a clear ring around the redish blotches where the black would have been. The sunglow has that band reduced to nothing or near nothing making the tail blotch fully red/pink. Also sunglows have more red all over but that may be an extension of the red for black effect?
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC)
0.2 kids (CBB)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
10.22 BRB
10.15 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

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• melanin question - whiteboa, Wed Aug 9 10:04:38 2006
• A possible theory? - rainbowsrus, Wed Aug 9 10:50:58 2006
• RE: melanin question - PastelDream, Wed Aug 9 10:52:27 2006
• no, that's a really good question... - voodoomagik, Wed Aug 9 10:59:24 2006
• RE: no, that's a really good question... - whiteboa, Wed Aug 9 13:55:47 2006
• Seems like you've got it...n/p - ChrisGilbert, Wed Aug 9 15:20:24 2006