axanthic question

[h00blah]

so if the axanthic gene gets rid of yellow and makes a black and white snake, would the quality of the axanthic (less brown - more blk + white) be influenced by how yellow the normal het is?

like would really yellow normal het axanthics make some awesome silver/white + black axanthics?

just a thought.. thanks in advance

[CoolioTiffany]

I don't think the heterzygous BP will make a better looking axanthic if it was a lighter colored normal. It may change how much the snake browns out in the future (such as how dark the snake actually gets), but that's where the different lines come in (like VPI). So, I don't believe the color of the normal has anything to do with it, but the certain line of axanthic and how well the axanthic kept its colors when you bred it to make the hets.

What I've heard, you breed crap you get crap, and that's true for the most part LOL.

[Russ Lawson]

I don't believe really yellow hets would be the best choice if you want nice silver axanthics. Alternatively, I think you'd want to find light normal royals with as little yellow as possible to breed into your axanthics if you want the best looking offspring. Any axanthic mutation will still let a small amount of yellow through. (Ever seen a snow without any yellow at all? I think people were speculating that this may have to do with where the xanthophores congregate in the skin and that each line of axanthic may only affect certain layers.) Anyway, with less of that yellow coming in from the non-axanthic parents, you should eventually start seeing more silvery babies after a few generations. Also, in my experience, it seems that lighter axanthics hold their colour better as they mature, and darker ones tend to get more brown.

[h00blah]

I don't believe really yellow hets would be the best choice if you want nice silver axanthics. Alternatively, I think you'd want to find light normal royals with as little yellow as possible to breed into your axanthics if you want the best looking offspring. Any axanthic mutation will still let a small amount of yellow through. (Ever seen a snow without any yellow at all? I think people were speculating that this may have to do with where the xanthophores congregate in the skin and that each line of axanthic may only affect certain layers.) Anyway, with less of that yellow coming in from the non-axanthic parents, you should eventually start seeing more silvery babies after a few generations. Also, in my experience, it seems that lighter axanthics hold their colour better as they mature, and darker ones tend to get more brown.

I figured it would be the same as how albinos work - in which the lightness can affect how high in contrast the albino is.
thanks for clearing this up