Supers and ALS genes

[Chkadii]

Here's a super high level explanation.

If you think about a DNA strand as a curled ladder, a locus is a rung of the ladder. Alleles make up two halves of a rung. Mojave as a morph is one allele, or one half of a rung. Mojaves, mystics, specials, lessers, russos, etc. are all allelic, otherwise known as being part of the same "complex" that makes blue eyed leucistics.

So for mojave lesser BELs, that means the morphs both occupy the same rung. There's only two parts to a rung/locus, so nothing else can fit there. That means Mystic and special genes wouldn't have any room, and therefore not be part of that snake's morph combination. If a super lesser was paired to a mystic potion, some would be lesser mystics, some would be lesser mojaves, but there would never be a lesser mojave mystic.

GHI is not allelic, or part of the same complex, as mojaves etc. It sits on a different rung. That allows it to be present in BEL hatchlings, even if one of the rungs is full.

The mojave lesser BEL GHI would have DNA that looks something like this, where each line is a locus/rung:

(Allele) - (Allele)
Mojave - Lesser
Unknown - Unknown
Unknown - GHI

Keep in mind that even though some snakes look very similar, the genes could be very different. Even though fires and sulfurs make a white snake when combined (they are allelic to each other), they are not part of the mojave/blue eyed leucistic complex. Instead, fires are part of the black eyed leucistic complex. So you could also have a mojave lesser fire, because fire is on a different locus.

Yellow belly, gravel* (not granite), spector, spark, etc. are part of the super stripe complex.

Black pastel, cinnamon, het. Red axanthics are part of the 8-ball complex.

It applies to recessives too: Albino, candy, and toffee are part of the albino complex - but not lavender albino because it's not compatible with albinos or candys.

Hope this helps!