Well, it isn't what would be termed a "regular" amel, because it doesn't have white borders surrounding the blotches, etc... But it is very tough to say with certainty if it is a "sunkissed" or a "sunglow". Sunkissed are derived from a hypo gene(type B) that isn't compatible with the much more common type "A" hypo gene. This was proven out by Bill and Kathy Love to be incompatible and different from pure Okeetee stock in the 90's. The "Sunglows" are line-bred animals that can either have hypo"A" in their lineage to reduce the amount of white(no melanin), or simply come from line-bred parents that display very little to no white in their color pattern, but have nothing to do with the hypo gene. I had an animal that was like this in the early 90's that wasn;t derived from the hypo gene too, but was well before the term "sunglow" was ever coined.

To prove your animal out for being a "sunkissed", you would have to get a "known" hypo "B" animal, then breed it to yours, then if no hypo looking offspring were produced, they would be normal looking het carrier's for BOTH types of hypo genes(double hets). If you DID produce hypo animal's, that would prove your animal to have the hypo "B" gene, thus yours would be a "sunkissed"

Hope this helped some. They look real nice for sure BTW!


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