There is not much in the 2010 morph guide about it...but it is listed as a 'confirmed' morph, rather than a "coming attraction". One key note though is that it is listed as a
dominant morph, rather than a recessive...'buf' is dominant to wildtype. (bb=wildtype normal, Bb=buf, BB=buf)
Quote:
"Buf
Buf is dominant to wildtype and modifies the color by removing the reds, leaving the saddles brown. It also turns the ground color to yellow. Overall it is similar to the effect of caramel, but it has not been as extreme as the caramel trait. It has been test bred with the caramel gene and does not act like an allele. [...]" CMG 2010, Charles Pritzel
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It was discussed on "the other" forum, I guess that is where more of the info is. I don't know if I'm convinced, I guess someday, when I feel up to it, I will have to find the info again. By my biggest complaint though is the word "buf" in general. I don't know why, but I find it highly annoying. What is buf? The buffalo-niagara airport code. Why not buff, though even that is kind of annoying. Buf makes me think of the bufo genus of toads. Another big annoyance with the word "buf" is you can't even use the forum search function for it, because it is only 3 letters.