I am not sure if the black and purple boas are super motleys or not. However it would make sense in many ways that the motley gene which is codominant could have a recessive part to it leading to the very small number of "super motleys" born per litter aka black and purple. It would also make sense to me that a super motley would look very similar to a motley, as in the case between salmons and super salmons. I guess we will all just have to wait until these so called "super motleys" are bred to prove that they indeed are supers. My .02 is that it is a hidden recessive gene intermixed within the codominant or incomplete dominance gene of the motley. Id like to add that either way it turns out it is very, very exciting to watch.

Just my .02

Bob

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• My Opinion on "Super" Motley genetics - vcaruso15, Thu Jul 8 21:13:20 2004
• Alex says in his post that, (more) - obz, Thu Jul 8 22:13:16 2004
• It is a toss up....more - robertmcphee, Thu Jul 8 22:33:36 2004
• RE: It is a toss up....more - vcaruso15, Thu Jul 8 22:54:01 2004
• I agree! It would be a lot more fun if I had one of my own, np - robertmcphee, Thu Jul 8 23:09:17 2004
• RE: Good Topic, Here is my 2 cents. - Jeremy Stone, Fri Jul 9 00:26:51 2004
• RE: Good Topic, Here is my 2 cents. - PanamaRed, Fri Jul 9 01:14:04 2004
• are they supers? hell yea! - NicholasH, Fri Jul 9 00:37:44 2004
• sorry, here's the link to the pic... - NicholasH, Fri Jul 9 00:50:28 2004
• It could go either way. - ecreipeoj, Fri Jul 9 13:30:40 2004