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Do "traits" exist in corns?

Mogey

Mogey

city livin'-nature lovin'
Hey all, I was filling my library with some crested gecko information, and among the genetics information I found, there was the distinction between morphs and "traits", which are apparently highly overlooked characteristics that can be present completely independent of the genetic morph. That is to say, a crestie trait would be "horned", which is a distinctive elongation of the crest to visible tips on the corners of the face. A particular gecko could be a Brindle (morph dictated by pattern), and also be Horned.

Now, I was reading through some threads here and people used the term "Masqued" to describe a head pattern among corns (this stood out to me because my sunkissed is 'masqued'). Would this be considered a genetic "trait", that can occur independent of the actual color and be bred alongside morphs?
 
Masque appears to be a dominant gene.

Traits could include... extra connected neck saddles, or eyebrow 'dots', or linebackers (short, thick snakes)
 
Perhaps the "long pupil" seen in stripes would count as a trait? It's a black marking on the iris that makes the pupil appear misformed. I believe that some people have noticed actual misformed pupils in some snakes as well.
 
Well see, that's what I'm saying. Had this 'hiki' be attributed to stripes solely, that'd be excluded from 'traits' in that it's just part of striped at that point. But if it's independent of the morph itself, then yeah. Are these things that are bred in corns? Even the traits in crested breeding are considered often extremely overlooked and typically diluted and bred out unknowingly.
 
The thick boarders of okeetee and reverse okeetee would be a classic example of corn snake traits would they not?
 
The Okeetee examples would *not* be, in this case, because they're characteristics of the Okeetee morph itself. It's to my understanding that, if traits work the same way with corn genetics, one would be able to directly breed those thick, black saddle borders independently of the Okeetee morph. That is to say, you'd theoretically be able to breed offspring to be, say, Amel/Anery, while still expressing the black saddle rings.

Also, I realize now I mistook 'hiki' for the term of elongated pupil :x

Well, if that trait of elongated pupils is something that can be bred into offspring, and genetically passed on, then I suppose my answer is yes.
 
Okeetee is not a morph though. It is a locality trait. Just like Miamis and Carolinas.

I'd think that selective breeding would be considered breeding for traits. Things like brighter reds, thicker borders, etc.
 
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