Platinums, Ivories, and Ultra Ivories

I was browsing around kingsnake and noticed the oddness of the Platinum gene. So I checked it out on Nerd, but they didn't seem to have the answer. What they said was
Pp=Platinum
PP=Ivory
But some how PPxPP=Ultra Ivory

Obviously genetically all you could get would be an Ivory, in a perfect world.

They said the first one(ultra ivory) they produced was from a PPxPp. The only thing I could think of would be multiple alleles controlling these traits, and the ultra ivory morph being a result a recessive gene. So there first one would have been more like PPUuxPpUu. Resulting in, as so theorized, a PPUU, or a Ultra Ivory.

I know I'm probably way off, but I thought is throw that out there.

Thoughts?

Well you also have to factor in the Black eyed leucy gene.

Platty x platty would give you ivorys and plattys, ivory x platty would give you ivorys, ultra ivorys and plattys and then ivory x ivory is how you make the black eyed. It is a strange gene, as it is almost like a hidden ressive when you get the ivorys. When you hit the "ressive" youll get the BEL and if not, then you get the super form of the codom.

That's just my take though.

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Originally Posted by Utta

Well you also have to factor in the Black eyed leucy gene.

Platty x platty would give you ivorys and plattys, ivory x platty would give you ivorys, ultra ivorys and plattys and then ivory x ivory is how you make the black eyed. It is a strange gene, as it is almost like a hidden ressive when you get the ivorys. When you hit the "ressive" youll get the BEL and if not, then you get the super form of the codom.

That's just my take though.

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I didn't even consider the BEL. Possibly it is PPUU=BEL and PpUU is ultra ivory. Which makes me curious what a ppUU would look like. The whole situation is very confusing. I'm calling shenanigans on NERD and saying they did some genetic engineering. X)

Platinum x Platinum = 25% ivory 50% platinum 25% normales

Ivory x Platinum =50% ivory/ultra 50% platinum

Ivory x ivory = ivorys-ultras-lucys

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Originally Posted by F3nix!

Platinum x Platinum = 25% ivory 50% platinum 25% normales

Ivory x Platinum =50% ivory/ultra 50% platinum

Ivory x ivory = ivorys-ultras-lucys

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I understand that. What I'm saying is that no where else do you see a new morph when two homozygous snakes are bred together, recessive or dominant. It'd be like breeding an albino to an albino and getting a super albino. I can't believe there isn't another gene at work here.

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Originally Posted by Gibber19

I understand that. What I'm saying is that no where else do you see a new morph when two homozygous snakes are bred together, recessive or dominant. It'd be like breeding an albino to an albino and getting a super albino. I can't believe there isn't another gene at work here.

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Albino and genetic "platinum" is similar... have a gen "polimorfic", means you can change the way to express yourself in the snakes

for example 3 variations of albino clark, white, lav, purple...

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Originally Posted by F3nix!

Albino and genetic "platinum" is similar... have a gen "polimorfic", means you can change the way to express yourself in the snakes

for example 3 variations of albino clark, white, lav, purple...

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Yeah, I don't know about that. It's not really the same circumstance. It'd be like have tigers, super tigers, ultra tigers, and mega tigers. There would have to be another gene.