First of all, let me start by saying that I'm not a geneticist. I'm not even an amature geneticist. So forgive me if this sounds rediculous, I'm speaking from a layman's perspective. The primary difference between the Jungle and the Harli "lines" is the "super form". This is not to say that there is, or is not, evidence that the supers produce complete litters of hets., but it is to say that there is an obvious repeatable visual form (morph, to me). It is well proven that successfully breeding two Jungles results in some offspring that are unquestionably distinct. I have not seen, or even heard it suggested, that there is a super Harli. So, based on this point alone, I see the super Jungle as clearly a morph (as Jungles are really het. for Super Jungle), if applying the defenition that a morph "is a distinct form". Super Jungles are, at least, phenotypically very distinct. Jungles and Harlis you could confuse, as we have seen. Super Jungles...not, they are IMHO unquestionably distinct.

No offense to anyone or any lines, just trying to wrap my mind around the difference between "morph" and "line".

Thanks for reading and any feedback.

Mark





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