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Originally Posted by huneymonkey
These just started hatching yesterday. To say the least, I was quite surprised. The male is from Rich which I purchased in 02. All of the babies look the same as this one. It almost appears to be Ultra Hypo, but they don't look quite the same as the ones Mike Shiver produced. I saw every single clutch that he produced from the Ultra Hypos, and while these are similar they are not quite the same. They look somewhere between standard and ultra hypo.
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They may look like something between a Hypo and Ultra because they are a result of two morphs on the same allele and a new look we have not seen before. This is another Amel X Ultra Breeding that seems to indicate that Ultra is an allele to Amel.
Another possible reason for the results of the hatch would be that either the Opal had to be Homo for Ultra or Hypo and/or the Ultra was Homo for Hypo. This scenario seems unlikely, but the Ultra could easily be homo for Hypo and since Rich’s policy of possible hets, is to let the buyer find out what they carry, the Opal could be homo for Hypo. Again, this seems very unlikely.
Considering the number of clutches that we are starting to see that indicate that Ultra is and allele to Amel, it would seem that the evidence is leaning heavily in that direction. Each time, we or I can come up with other possible explanations, but come on, they can not all be explained away by possible hets for hypo or Ultra.
The chances that every breeding that we are seeing between Ultra and Amels that produce a dark eyed Amel or Hypo looking hatchling are all carrying hidden recessive genes, is becoming very unlikely.