I would count a 100% het as another gene. It does take two of that recessive gene to make a visual. Just like it takes 2 yellowbellies to make an Ivory or 2 het Russos to make a white diamond. You're not going to say an Ivory is a single gene. A visual albino will pass on a single albino gene to all of its offspring. Not some, all. The perks of being in the homozygous form like a super.
A pastel female is only worth $150. A pastel het. Clown is $1000-1200. At that price difference, I would sure as heck include the het gene.
I'm one who says that a het gene can alter the way the snake looks. Many morph het clowns are highly influenced by the het gene. And there are a significant number of morph het pieds that are visually influenced by that het gene too.
Pastels and other co-doms with a homozygous super form are considered visual hets.
Either way, I would count. a recessive het as an additional gene.
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