>Based on that, is it safe to say that the T positive albinos, and T negative albinos may very well be compatible mutations? I mean, if the mutations occupy a different location on the chromosome, seems likely they could be combined, right?

Sorry, no cigar. "Compatible" is herper slang for alleles. Alleles are different versions of the same gene. In other words, alleles have the same location on a chromosome. Since genes are paired, you can have one copy of one allele paired with one copy of a different allele. But they would not be true breeding like snows, for example. Sunglows are not true breeding yet, but they can be if the sunglow has a pair of salmon mutant genes in addition to the pair of albino mutant genes. Salmon and Kahl albino are not alleles (not compatible) because they have different locations in the chromosomes.

The best explanation so far for paradigm boas is that they have one copy of the boawoman caramel mutant gene paired with one copy of the Sharp albino mutant gene. If this is correct, the two mutants are alleles (compatible).

Paul Hollander

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