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Explain Hypo to me...
- Thread starter Kanchii
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Shiari
Blutterer
All the hypos found to date (except for ultra) are simple recessive. Even ultra is recessive, but also allelic to amel. That means it's located at the same place as the amel gene and can "share space" with it. That's why there are ultramels. They have one copy of each.
Hypo is short of hypomelanism. It reduces the amount of black seen on animal. Sometimes it reduces the overall amount, and sometimes is turns the black to gray or bronze.
Hypo is short of hypomelanism. It reduces the amount of black seen on animal. Sometimes it reduces the overall amount, and sometimes is turns the black to gray or bronze.
Shiari
Blutterer
Well, normals and hypos tend to look different when they first hatch. Hypos are, naturally, not going to be as dark because they don't express as much black. With amels you can't really tell because they don't have any black anymore anyways. It *might* make the borders thinner, but you wouldn't be able to tell which were homozygous for hypo without breeding trials.
Susan
Go Ahead, Make My Day!
Normal hatchling after 1st shed
Hypo hatchling, sibling to above normal, after 1st shed
Clutch of anery motleys and ghost (hypo anery) motleys
But to confuse you, this one (representative of entire clutch) is supposed to be a hypo as both parents were homozygous hypo. One parent proven, but the amber father was not. This hatchling has lightened up a bit, but is still fairly dark. Just proves the variation that can be seen.
Hypo hatchling, sibling to above normal, after 1st shed
Clutch of anery motleys and ghost (hypo anery) motleys
But to confuse you, this one (representative of entire clutch) is supposed to be a hypo as both parents were homozygous hypo. One parent proven, but the amber father was not. This hatchling has lightened up a bit, but is still fairly dark. Just proves the variation that can be seen.
Based on those pics, Hypo does not just limit the black areas of the snake...it takes the black (darkness) out of every color. So a deep dark red becomes a light bright red.
I suppose the evidence was right there in front of me...but I never really thought about it this way. I figured that amel meant there would be no black bands of spots on the snake...I didn't take into account how much "black" (melanin) goes into producing the natural colors of a normal corn.
I suppose the evidence was right there in front of me...but I never really thought about it this way. I figured that amel meant there would be no black bands of spots on the snake...I didn't take into account how much "black" (melanin) goes into producing the natural colors of a normal corn.