The semantics involved with python regius genetics in one of the things that really bugs me about this industry. Most of you would get laughed at in scientific circles because what you are saying is *technically* wrong! However, I understand what people mean, and in that you are correct



*TECHNICALLY SPEAKING*



The Pastel morph is really simply DOMINANT. The Super Pastel is a CO-DOMINANT morph. Co-dominance means that you need TWO dominant genes to achieve the trait.



The Pastel was the first proven PREMIUM Dominant morph. The first proven dominant trait, however, was the often-overlooked high-gold/yellow. The genetics of a normal ball python (wild type), of course, also qualify as a Dominant trait.



I could go on and on, but I think you guys get my drift here.

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• Quick Question about the genetics of Pastel Ball Pythons?? - susanpearl, Fri Jun 20 23:00:45 2003
• RE: Quick Question about the genetics of Pastel Ball Pythons?? - boaboy00, Fri Jun 20 23:06:35 2003
• What about the Normal Siblings within a Pastel Litter? - peterfromme, Fri Jun 20 23:27:52 2003
• Normal siblings are 100% normals, do not carry the pastel gene.... - HerpCrazy, Fri Jun 20 23:31:22 2003
• RE: What about the Normal Siblings within a Pastel Litter? - JakeM, Fri Jun 20 23:36:24 2003
• RE: Quick Question about the genetics of Pastel Ball Pythons?? - sparke303, Sat Jun 21 13:30:35 2003
• Nope... - Jeff Favelle, Sat Jun 21 14:10:32 2003
• RE: Nope... - sparke303, Sat Jun 21 17:25:20 2003
• Link to the Pastel Jungle Story. Very interesting. - Markus Jayne, Sat Jun 21 04:14:46 2003