Butter/Lesser/Mojave

[Slowcountry Balls]

Hey all, just joined the Forum today. New to the genetics so still figuring things out (i.e. forgive my ignorance!)...

Everywhere I look people talk about Butter and Lesser being varying expression of the same gene. Most agree, but some don't. This makes sense because even when you breed them into other genes they still look very similar, such as with Butter/Pastel/Spider and Lesser/Pastel/Spider (for example).

Butter/Pastel/Spider:


Lesser/Pastel/Spider (lighting is different, but you can see how similar they look):



BUT!!!

If they're the same gene, can someone please explain this snake to me? How is this possible if Butter and Lesser are the same gene? Is this a "super" expression of the gene, but they're just not not calling it that in order to keep Butter/Lesser identified separately?



Thanks for any info!


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A Queen Bee is a Lesser Pastel Spider. A Butter Queen Bee is a Queen Bee with Lesser replaced by Butter. So a Butter Queen Be is a Butter Pastel Spider. They are just trying to let you know that they used Butter and not Lesser to make the Queen Bee.

Edit: Sorry for the duplicate answer. I responded before I saw OhhWhatALoser's reply on page 2.