Breeding with only homozygous snakes.

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Actually, this has indeed been shown to be the case. Grant Whitmer of lavenderalbino.com found that the darkest normals/hets produced Lavender Albinos with the brightest shades of purple. I'd be willing to bet someone has crossed Pastels with light-colored normals to produce Even Better Pastels(TM).

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And normal females will always be important in a breeder's collection, especially when you need to figure out EXACTLY what genes are mixed up in the multi-gene combos. Breed the male with 3+ genes in it to find out exactly what genes contributed to that combination. How do you think the big guys end up working out what's in the 4+ combos?