Trying to understand base morphs, help?

[RoseyReps]

Thanks! That was helpful!

So if there are 2 lines of one morph, those lines are most likely genetically the same, but with different modifiers to make them slightly different, right? And breeding 2 lines of one morph together would yield the expected results of breeding 2 individuals of the same line, just with variation from those 2 lines. example: If Fire and Flame were 2 lines of the same morph, breeding a Fire to a Flame would result in normal, more fire/flame, and the super, with variation in each form coming from the 2 lines. Right? Or do snake genetics work different from the mammal genetics I am used to?

Generally yes, you are right. flame x fire would give you 25%normals, 50% flames/fires, 25% Black eyed lucy's.

The problem though is this, when dealing with two lines of a similar / same morph, if you breed them together, you now cannot be 100% of what you have as offspring. IE: I breed a lesser x butter, how do I sell the offspring? lessers? or butters? Though they are the same, some people are looking for specific's. There is a stigma with a lot of the lines/morphs were people WANT a certain one, and by doing some of those pairings you are (in theory) dirtying the lines.

If you were in that situation, your best bet would be to sell them as the less of the two price wise. You may take a hit and sell a butter for a lesser's price, but your customers won't be coming back with pitchforks saying he ain't no *Insert whatever morph* you charged me for!

Again, I stress this is all just from a Novice's standpoint, as I am very new *Joined bp.net in July, got my first BP in August*, I have not dealt with, nor bred any animals thus far. So please take my replies with a grain of salt, as I am always learning new things and I'm probably bass ackwards on some of my ideas/conclusions.