Morphs

[Royal Hijinx]

For a "Normal" to be listed as some sort of morph, it needs to have a trait that is inheritable to approx 50% of its offspring (by Mendelian genetics math), and that continues to be inheritable for the subsequent generations. This is how you differentiate a polygenic phenotype that one snake may have (due to the stars aligning with its overall genetics code), vice a single gene anomoly.

If this anomoly is inheritible, it is something. If a "Normal" has a very reduced pattern and so do some of it's babies, and grand-babies, etc... then is is a Genetic RP, which is a morph.

As more folks are breeding, and line-breeding is coming in to favor for Balls, you will see more discussion about this. Many folks have developed an eye for subtle changes and then breed those animals to see where is stands genetics-wise (polugentic vs inheritable single mutation). One of the BIG problems is folks that do nto do the due diligence to look for a Super form or to see the project for a couple of generations before slapping a name on it and marketing it.

Also, just because the average person does not see the mutation in its Heterzygous form, does not mean it is not there. At this point folks that breed Specters, Gravels, etc.. can easily pick them out in a clutch.