I would "tend" to think that the individuals produced would more than likely be a bit variable, and of course some could indeed look more of one type or the other if the gene is indeed incompatible and are actually two separate mutations. But only future test breeding will conclude any of this. This is what makes stuff so interesting..LOL!



I will have to agree with you that they will be variable, it'll be a long time as to seperate the genes and make sure I have a double homo or a "Lousiana line" het "Bell" and/or a "Bell" het "LA line"



Looks like you have a very interesting project ahead of you bro!. Your outcome would no doubt be interesting to many other milk folks too...me included!



I almost decided to let go of the whole clutch last year as I was down sizing my Pueblan collection. I am sure glad I decided to hold back a trio.





I have some very young "t-plus" carriers here from Shannon's nelsoni line too, and I don't know what the heck to expect later on to be quite honest. Nothing about it seems to be real conclusive or predictable thus far about exactly how the gene dynamics works or is inherited other than it "seems" to be a so-called "co-dominant" gene alellic with amelanism??.



They are on my wish list for this fall.



Another weird one is this bizarre "moonshine hypo?" greenish ratsnake gene I have here that was just recently discovered from a wild/caught locality animal back in 2006 and more were propagated in 2008 through 2010 when bred to other locality normal females. These are definitely not "cookie-cutter" phenotypes either, so it will be an on-going interesting project as well.



I saw your photos of them on the ratsnake forum and they are pretty sweet looking and definately not "cookie cutter"! Good luck with them! Let me know when you have any to go around.



It sure is the fun of the hobby to see how some of these genes work with each other, and I will keep you posted on the progress of this project.
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