First of all WOW! I love this snake!
Thing is, it opens up a can of worms for me. The term leucistic refers to the cells inability to make pigmentation right? Thats why the scales on a lucy are white. Why then when introducing the albino gene does a pattern appear??? It shouldn't happen. If a cell is not making pigment then how can you remove pigment?? It shouldn't be possible, but yet theres the proof!! If this is the case as seems to be, it means you could throw a spider into the mix and have a pink and white spider!
Congrats Vin!

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• Something New from something New - vin russo, Mon Nov 10 18:02:06 2008
• RE: Something New from something New - crazygecko, Mon Nov 10 18:36:02 2008
• RE: The patterning..... - BackBeat, Mon Nov 10 19:12:07 2008
• RE: Something New from something New - jluman, Mon Nov 10 18:58:23 2008
• RE: Something New from something New - toshamc, Mon Nov 10 19:06:00 2008
• RE: Something New from something New - ssnakes, Mon Nov 10 19:09:57 2008
• PRETTIEST white snake i've seen...N/P!!! - nuthnbutbalz, Tue Nov 11 16:12:16 2008
• RE Super Sweet...NP - ballroom, Mon Nov 10 19:07:03 2008
• RE: Something New from something New - jsschrei, Mon Nov 10 19:12:23 2008
• RE: Something New from something New - anthony james mc, Mon Nov 10 19:34:21 2008
• RE: HELP! I can't breath!!!! OMG! - gant77, Mon Nov 10 20:06:51 2008
• RE: Something New from something New - dmasio13, Mon Nov 10 20:39:58 2008
• Russo/russo Leucistic?? - JenH, Mon Nov 10 20:48:29 2008
• RE: Something New from something New - mikev, Mon Nov 10 21:03:38 2008
• holy crap....n/p - irishanaconda, Mon Nov 10 22:12:22 2008
• sweet snake! np - mistysprouse, Tue Nov 11 02:34:35 2008
• RE: Something New from something New - herpquest, Tue Nov 11 03:17:08 2008
• RE: Something New from something New - alicecobb, Tue Nov 11 05:03:07 2008
• RE: Something New from something New - ohernz, Tue Nov 11 07:48:10 2008
• RE: Something New from something New - bsr inc, Tue Nov 11 08:20:06 2008
• RE: Something New from something New - woodage, Tue Nov 11 09:30:57 2008
• RE: Something New from something New - JenH, Tue Nov 11 14:04:43 2008
• RE: Something New from something New - herpquest, Tue Nov 11 16:54:19 2008
• RE: Something New from something New - JenH, Wed Nov 12 09:55:22 2008
• RE: Something New from something New - herpquest, Wed Nov 12 19:51:45 2008
• RE: Something New from something New - herpquest, Tue Nov 11 16:46:27 2008
• NICE! - Coldthumb, Tue Nov 11 11:33:47 2008
• RE: Something New from something New - Explicit_Reptiles, Tue Nov 11 12:02:35 2008
• RE: Something New from something New - herpquest, Tue Nov 11 17:05:53 2008
• RE: Something New from something New - emberball, Tue Nov 11 16:20:09 2008
• so Leucies have a pattern afterall... - jyohe, Tue Nov 11 16:58:40 2008
• RE: so Leucies have a pattern afterall... - herpquest, Tue Nov 11 18:02:56 2008
• Blue Eyed Leucistics have a No pattern. - vin russo, Tue Nov 11 19:21:59 2008
• ? for Vin??? - kinderman, Tue Nov 11 21:13:11 2008
• RE: Blue Eyed Leucistics have a No pattern. - herpquest, Wed Nov 12 08:47:35 2008
• RE: Blue Eyed Leucistics have a No pattern. - vin russo, Wed Nov 12 15:43:33 2008
• RE: Blue Eyed Leucistics have a No pattern. - herpquest, Wed Nov 12 19:38:59 2008
• Thanxx Vin - jyohe, Wed Nov 12 17:08:01 2008
• RE: Thanxx Vin - herpquest, Wed Nov 12 19:42:35 2008
• RE: Something New from something New - johnberry, Wed Nov 12 07:22:48 2008
• RE: Something New from something New - BoaRepublic, Wed Nov 12 12:02:58 2008