"It could either reduce the amount of black pigment, or the space available for that pigment to be put into (maybe it makes the melanocytes or melanosomes smaller, or all pigment cells smaller).

In my opinion, both of those options are feasible and occur! The fun/hard part is isolating those genes.

I was just talking to Doug about how many different forms of Corns that are out there...so many varieties; I don't think I could list them all. So, why wouldn't any other species of snake (like Hondos) be any different?

It's very genetically fun stuff!

-R

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