Perhaps we define "normal" differently. I look at it as in that they do have orange in them, however faded. And so, in my mind, I classify them as normal or not anery. I mean, why would the gene work all the way in some clutchmates (like in the anery Blairs) and only partially with other clutchmates? If alterna are phylogenetically allied with the mexicana types, then by nature, there is a relatively wide degree of variability, even from the same cut.



I guess I'm trying to define something as "normal" if its synthesis of the right materials is not blocked by a mutated allele.



My question is, if these faded-out individuals are possibly "partial anerys", then why have none of the Blair's phase from this line also have faded out orange?



You may be right too. I'm no alterna "loremaster" LOL, and I don't claim to know this locale forwards and backwards. I have not bred these snakes yet. I'm not 100% sure...I just like to discuss these things. And I'm only discussing this from a genetics theoretical point of view. That it's very uncommon for anerythrism or any other loss-of-function allele to be something OTHER than recessive. Not unheard of, but VERY uncommon.



Can you think of any true-breeding, genetically heritable anerys of any herp species that are not recessive? I sure can't.

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