1. The Sharp Albinos may be Tyrosinase Positive or they may be T-Negative.

2. The Kahl Albinos may be Tyrosinase Positive or they may be T-Negative.



My guess is that they are both different strains of T negative amelanism but who knows yet?



3. The VPI Caramel Albinos may be Tyrosinase Positive or they may be T-Negative.

4. The (Fill in the blank) may be Tyrosinase Positive or they may be T-Negative



I would think that they are either T positive or more likely hypomelanistic...but you are right, whe it comes to the purposes for breeding boas and identifying them it makes more sense to refer to the VPI strain/Caramel/Blonde/Prodigy etc as T positives or something other than hypomelanistic because of the previous accepted description of "hypo" assigned to the CA incomplete dominant/dominant forms. Another idea someone threw out there (which I think is great) is to give each strain it's own "name" until breeding trials prove that they are/are not compatible....I mean the trade names don't necessarily have to reflect scientific accuracy unless the one who is the founder of the line wishes it.



We all know the difference between the VPI's, prodigy, Caramels, Blonde albinos...etc. Changes can be made as they are found to be the same as I think some will. But this is all YEARS in the making. I mean, we haven't yet figured out what all hypo corns are compatible and which aren't and they are much easier to get consistant results from. And it seems that each year new versions hatch out that may or may not be related....



I really am kind of sorry I even brought this up. This forum is the one that all others should be measured by in my opinion...excellent photos, open discussion of bloodlines, very little animosity/arguments and a "family" like feel to it, everyone congratulating everyone else and such...just a great place to visit. I certainly didn't mean to muddy things up by bringing up this stuff (although I guess from some of the comments, it's been discussed before?)



Anyway....what a year huh?

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