Then you can spearhead this project but I don't see many jumping at the chance. Gregor Mendel was in fact a scientist and was incredibly detailed in his notes, not what you see in the hobby. In general genetic complexities are lost in the ball python hobby. For example when you say the cinnamon gene this is not accurate as it is actually the combination of a number of genes that code for color and pattern among other things. The lethal argument is absolutely complex. Some say the embryos never develop at all but I seen a counts, with pictures, of pretty well developed embryos that failed to survive out of the egg. Then there is the alleged all white snake that did not survive. What is due to normal birth defects and what is due to the spider gene is by no means straight forward. There is even a chance that a super spider embryo is just not able to survive the accepted hobby hatching techniques. Not entirely lethal just not likely to thrive.