Thanks, Joe. That does help a bit. I reread my post and I was a bit vague. I knew that Jeff had selectively bred fo rhis pastels and was wandering if Summits line was the same. If Matuzaks line is co-dom that would mean that there would be a super form possibly and man.. I have to say from the looks of some of his pastels..whoa......If they aren't supers...omg... Throw that together with the sharp strain and man.... Not that the other pastels are "lesser" but a super pastel? (drooling...lol)



I am assuming that the lipsticks if they are selectively bred would be a redder hypo line crossed into the albinos? I mean if there is no pastel blood then it would basically have to be the hypo influence making them "lipsticks"?



and the coral albinos... Can anyone tell me what's up with this morph? When breeding them what percent turns out to actually be corals if there is somewhat of a guidline with these guys. Is it a selectively bred trait or a seperate form of albinism that has a variable the way hypomelanism and some of the other codominate morphs work? ( I know it's not a codominate morph but it is possible that there is a variable recessive form of albinism right?) I also am aware that these popped up from the Kahl line of albinos. A mutated form of a mutated gene?...lol wow...



and the jungles. If I understand right you can't tell if a jungle is a jungle right away? Except in the super form? How long does it take to tell if they are going to be a jungle? And if this is true, wouldn't it make sense to say that since jungles are co-dom that the pastels that it takes awhile to tell are pastels could possibly be co-dominate as well?



All of this with the codominate genes makes me think of one thing....... PLATINUM BALL PYTHONS. I think that some of these codominate genes are starting to mutate pther aspects of genetic make-up and this is why we are seeing alot more colorful boas than we used to. Just a theory. Anyway, if anyone can answer some of my questions i'd really appreciate it.



Thanks,

Robert Wood
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