Hmmm... I dont really like this statement...Originally Posted by Serpent_Nirvana
"Normal" is never recessive, it is co-dominate. Just like a large majority of the morphs out there.
Ill use pastel (co-dominate just like "normal) as an example, spider and pinstripes are not good examples to explain the normal gene because spider and pin are dominate not co dom. If you have a pastel, it has one pastel gene and one normal gene. BOTH of these traits are showing through. It doesnt look "normal" because it is mixed with the pastel gene. If you have a super pastel (so no normal gene at that spot in the DNA) so that means that there is no "normal" gene for the pastel to mix with, thats why you get a really bright snake. Because there is no "normal" gene mixing with the pastel gene. The analogy that shelliebear made with the colors is actually really good. If the traits are co-dominate (pastel, cinny, lesser, and a million others) then they mix with the "normal" gene because it is also co-dominate unless you have 2 of the same gene (super pastel, supper cinny, etc.) then the pattern does not mix with the normal gene.
So it is not recessive, you do see the "normal" traits in every co-dominate morph, just changed a little bit.
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