Rainshadow, correct again. I do think some added explaination is helpful.

Hypomelanism in Boas is inherited through dominant inheritance. The common/standard hypos/salmons etc. are heterozygous for the "Super." Heterozygous animals have one allele for the trait, homozygous have a matching pair. When a homozygous animal is bred to a non-gene carrier all offspring will carry one allele for the trait. In Hypos and Arabesques these heterozygous offspring exhibit an altered phenotype. Arabesque being co-dominant and Hypomelanism (in boas) being dominant (incomplete dominance to be exact) will when bred to an animal not carrying the gene, will yeild heterozygous animals with an alteration from the wild phenotype.

There is no "het" hypo, as in no animal that is normal appearing that will carry the gene (not reffering to Boawomen Carmel Hypos or recessive forms in other species). However if the animal carries one allele (the non super) it is heterozygous for the "Super" form.

Make sense, minus spelling errors?

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