"I was wandering what the hell a Lipstick Sunglow was..lol I would think it had something to do with pastel blood in it but I'm not for sure. Also on the pastels, is the "Summit Line" co-dom or polygenic like Jeff thinks his are? Also The pastels that Matuzac(?) at the Boa Basement has are co-dom? And coral sunglows.... Are all alkbinos from a coral breeding coral to some extent or do they pass on a polygenic trait as well?"


The Lipstick Sunglows (The REAL thing) are two exceptional Sunglow females produced in the 2004 season by Tom Burke. HIS Sunglows, and DH have been used by other breeders to produce Sunglows with similar characteristics like the Lipsticks. In essense other Lipsticks. So the Lipstick Sunglow is the high-contrast coral-like Sunglow from Tom Burke's line. It should be noted that D&M Breeders' DH Sunglows were the ones used by Tom to produce his Sunglow. D&M has Sunglows with similar characteristics to the Lipsticks.

Brandon Wiek's Pastels (Summit Reptiles) are known for their exceptional characteristics, they define the Hypomelanism Pastels are known for.

Jeff Ronne explains that his Pastels (the first defined) are characterized by their Hypomelanistic traits. Mainly reduction in black around the side medalions and around the tail blotches. Due to selective breeding more colorful animals are usually produced because the removal of black allows the underlying color to come through. The Pastels are defined as Polygenic because the are a combination of a multitude of selectively bred traits. It is not a mutation that creates the Pastel, but selectively breeding for and not for certain traits. So a multitude of genes (poly-genic).

Doug Matusak's Pastel Dreams are supposed to be Co-Dominant (Possibly Dominant). I do not know the history on the line, and you would have to get that information from Doug. His Pastels did produce some very beautiful Pastel Sharp Albinos and Sunglows.

The Coral trait (in the Kahl strain) was first noted from the Heterozygous offspring of one particular female that Peter Kahl used in produceing the early hets.
The Hets from this female produced Albinos that were dubbed Coral due to their pinks and lavender colors that replaced the yellow with age.
Certain breedings have produced "Coral" Albinos from Albinos and hets not related ot the original Matriarch. This is a very touchy subject. The Coral is passed on in a random way, simply be inheritance. There is no definative mutation responsible. Coral X Coral breedings enhances the probability of produceing Corals, but does not guarantee it.

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