Quote Originally Posted by Oxylepy View Post
There is still a chance that the fatal part of the Pearl is caused through genes that have presented themselves through line breeding and we just haven't been able to get the two separated (they could be close to eachother on the same chromosome and thus may never have crossed over), in which case breeding the line out would be effective at producing a Pearl that would thrive. However it is possible that the Woma gene itself is what is causing this issue, in which case the two will never be bred out.
And, from all that I have read, all of the pearls have been created from breeding "HG woma" x "HG woma," which, as we all know, is totally different from the majority of "womas" floating around out there in most collections.

So, if indeed the lethality of the pearl is due to a linked gene, and not the "woma" appearance itself, if the homozygous "regular" woma produced something cool like the pearl, that animal may have a chance of surviving ... Unfortunately, given that the "regular" woma doesn't do the cool stuff when combined with other morphs in its heterozygous form, I tend to doubt that it would have any kind of weirdo homozygous form like the "HG woma" does. (Although then again it might ... There are a lot of mutations that seem to make funky, white/silver/gray snakes when in homozygous form or combined with other things.)

But you never know ... Has anyone tried breeding "regular woma" x "regular woma" in awhile? Any plans to?