So, out of every vendor that I dealt with, it ended up being a breeder that was there with someone that is local to me that I see almost every other week at the Scott Smith's All Animal Expo. I was asking some questions about a new "morph" that he had available called "gold dust" and when the words "Co-Dominant" came out of my mouth he jumped down my throat and I got a rather lengthy lecture about ball python genetics that didn't sit well with me. If he is right, then I have been ignorant for too long, and if he's wrong, I need to know I am right.
Does anyone have any links to scientific papers that study the specific genetics of Ball Pythons?
The Crux of the lecture:
Ball Pythons do NOT have "Co-Domininat" morphs, they only have "Visual Recessives". He spouted off some names of people that TBH I didn't recognize, but I really need to find the truth here for my own sanity.
He spouted some things like having a Pastel F bred to a non-Pastel M and producing a Super Pastel through Parthenogenesis. He honestly hacked me off with his attitude so I wasn't giving him the time of day.
I did go back and tell the Vendor that his "buddy" drove me away from his stall with his lecture. I had planned to pickup my new gene from him, as I had been eyeballing one for a while, but I opted to spend money elsewhere after having to walk away.
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