Good post, Mike, I was hoping you would respond. But what I find confusing is that brown, at least by the definitions I've seen, can only be made if red is present. So if melanin has a red component, then I guess the term anery would technically be correct.



Maybe I should get some crayons/paint and start mixing colors...







>>Maybe. No one has been working with this gene long enough to be an expert but I think the term anery should stick for now. Here's why;

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>>I've seen several adult and juvie anerys and none of them were red. In fact, all have been distinctly different from any "normal" brazilian I've seen. True, the adults I've seen were brown. But, melanin is brown. Highly concentrated patches of melanin appear black. I think it's still safe to say that anery BRBs do not appear to be producing erythrin.

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>>Just like normal BRBs, anerys tend to accumulate more melanin in their scales as they mature. This is why they're turning brown.

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>>A lot of this will be proven over the next several years and I might possibly be singing a different tune. For now though, I think "anery" is appropriate and not misleading.

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>>Mike Lockwood

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Thanks,

Ed

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