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Okay, I have some whitesided everglades. Dwight Good's work. They are a much paler orange (like creamsicle) compared to my male Everglades. Does the creation of a whitesided dilute the base color? I see licorice blacks and see a paler black too, so I am thinking.
Is it a simple recessive? If next year I bred my female white sided to my very orange male and then back to an F2 male could I put more color into the line or will it dilute?

TIA
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Sonya

Haven't we warned you about tampering with the structure of a chaotic system?
Mrs. Neutron

It definately can. If you are using an animal that has a more defined (darker) stripe, you will have more of a chance at producing animals with a darker coloured stripe. If you are using an animal w/ a uni-coloured stripe, the resulta are almost always animals w/ lighter coloured stripes. See this link for more.....http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=459439,459439

>>It definately can. If you are using an animal that has a more defined (darker) stripe, you will have more of a chance at producing animals with a darker coloured stripe. If you are using an animal w/ a uni-coloured stripe, the resulta are almost always animals w/ lighter coloured stripes. See this link for more.....http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=459439,459439

That was one of the posts that got me started thinking about this. The snakes I have that are whitesided are quite light orange, but have quite an well colored head. I guess I am off to take some picts. At least I have a year or two to work it out.
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Sonya

Haven't we warned you about tampering with the structure of a chaotic system?
Mrs. Neutron