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Ultramel Blood---WOOO HOOO!!!!

CaptBogart said:
Ok, I admit I'm still learning some of my morph genetics...
So, how does the ultra gene work, and what makes it an ultra when the sire isn't an ultra or het ultra? :shrugs:
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Ultra is at the same locus as the amel gene. When a snake inherits the amel gene at that locus from one parent and the ultra gene at that locus from the other parent, the snake is heterozygous for ultra/amel. It is not carrying any wild-type genes at that locus. It doesn't produce the normal amount of melanin. This is what we call an "ultramel" corn. :)

The cross he did at the amel locus is amel X normal het ultra, or:
amel/amel X normal/ultra

So, using FOIL the offspring are predicted as:
- amel/normal (normal het amel)
- amel/ultra (ultramel)
- amel/normal (normal het amel)
- amel/ultra (ultramel)
 
Bloods continue to be the Rolls-Royce of Corn Snake genes when combined with everything. That is the nicest Ultramel combo I have seen. Can you imagine an Ultramel Lav Blood!
 
Well, we had 2 more snakes hatch since last night--and both were ultramels. They look very similar to the ultramel blood since they are het for blood. Still waiting on those last 10 eggs though--most of them have pipped... :sidestep:


Here's what an ultramel het for blood looks like-
ultramel het blood.JPG
 
Pfffft. Big deal. It isn't that impressive.

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Seriously, beautiful snake you have there. As others have stated, can't wait to see it in a few months!!
 
Serpwidgets said:
Ultra is at the same locus as the amel gene. When a snake inherits the amel gene at that locus from one parent and the ultra gene at that locus from the other parent, the snake is heterozygous for ultra/amel. It is not carrying any wild-type genes at that locus. It doesn't produce the normal amount of melanin. This is what we call an "ultramel" corn. :)

The cross he did at the amel locus is amel X normal het ultra, or:
amel/amel X normal/ultra

So, using FOIL the offspring are predicted as:
- amel/normal (normal het amel)
- amel/ultra (ultramel)
- amel/normal (normal het amel)
- amel/ultra (ultramel)
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Ok, that makes sense now. Thanks for clearing that up :grin01:
 
Definantly a project one can consider looking at.. Definantly a great looking specimin.. Now where are those ultramel granites? This is certainly one of those projects I need to keep an eye as it was one of consideration for myself in the future ( Maybe 2yrs at this point for us, obviously leaving me in the dust for a ground floor entry ). Any ideas on what an ultramel blood could bring in the market? I wonder if an ultra blood is possible..

Regards.. Tim of T and J ( so many critters and so many possible projects, dayum... )
 
Wtg!

I hope to produce some this next season, post pictures of the rest of the clutch,I was pretty lucky this season hatching out two different clutches of ultramel lavenders,and both females were only 50% chance het! I think that is going to be one awesome corn! Amel bloodreds are probably one of my favorite morphs,I have seen some that are just blinding solid red and with bloodreds they just get better as they get older,here is a picture of the ultramel lavender. again big congrats! Stephen
 

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stephen said:
I hope to produce some this next season, post pictures of the rest of the clutch,I was pretty lucky this season hatching out two different clutches of ultramel lavenders,and both females were only 50% chance het! I think that is going to be one awesome corn! Amel bloodreds are probably one of my favorite morphs,I have seen some that are just blinding solid red and with bloodreds they just get better as they get older,here is a picture of the ultramel lavender. again big congrats! Stephen
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Stephen, that ultramel lavender is awesome! So much color! Doesn't it feel great to hit the odds just right? I think my heart skipped a beat when I saw the first ultramel pipping!! :sidestep:

So, an update on what has hatched so far-- 2 normals, 1 blood, 4 ultramels, and 2 (soon to be 3!) ultramel bloods. Not too bad :)

Here's the 3rd ultramel blood--still waiting for it to hatch...
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