Rich states....

"Thus, this cross and the others described previously provided t;he first evidence that the salmon trait in boas was a dominant trait to the normal condition (equal to the wild type)."

Sounds correct to me. I believe it was the choice to call the homozygous form a "super" that began the snowball that is now a boa industry standard, and widespread misnomer. Those who were familiar with the term super, in its co-dominant fasion regarding other species, maybe just assumed it was so, and therefore it was.

Somehow, I feel this needs to change. The first step is talking about it. This seems like the best venue for discussion I know.

Jesse Van Atta

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• Who was it that decided that hypomelanism was co-dominant? - Sojourn, Sat Apr 9 11:11:53 2005
• You are completely right. - Randall_Turner, Sat Apr 9 12:35:14 2005
• Hi Randy.... - Sojourn, Sat Apr 9 13:09:17 2005
• Nope.. - Randall_Turner, Sat Apr 9 14:20:13 2005
• Thank you very much..... - Sojourn, Sat Apr 9 17:26:03 2005
• RE: Who was it that decided that hypomelanism was co-dominant? - ChrisGilbert, Sat Apr 9 13:26:15 2005
• GREat thread!! It certainly explained some things to me. - viandy, Sat Apr 9 13:57:38 2005
• RE: GREat thread!! It certainly explained some things to me. - ChrisGilbert, Sat Apr 9 19:40:38 2005
• It may be useful to check how Rich explained it...... - gray, Sat Apr 9 14:27:42 2005
• In the article...... - Sojourn, Sat Apr 9 17:46:37 2005
• Bingo! - Rainshadow, Sat Apr 9 14:31:12 2005
• RE: Who was it that decided that hypomelanism was co-dominant? - graciascott, Sat Apr 9 14:34:31 2005
• I have tried to tackle this one before, but ... - creptilia, Sat Apr 9 19:03:37 2005
• I must admit my ignorence (and I don't spell good either) - SteveM, Sat Apr 9 22:00:58 2005
• RE: I must admit my ignorence (and I don't spell good either) - Randall_Turner, Sat Apr 9 22:47:52 2005