Ball python single gene morph descriptions -need feedback

[paulh]

I have no objection to the term "incomplete dominant" so long as it is defined as producing a blended phenotype in the heterozygote and makes no assumptions as to allelic products. My point has always been that incomplete dominance and codominance have different mechanisms that produce results that are difficult for the naked eye to distinguish.

By the way, the biochemists have identified 5 mechanisms that can produce incomplete dominance or codominance. So I predict future changes in the definitions.

[reptilelover1995]

My point has always been that incomplete dominance and codominance have different mechanisms that produce results that are difficult for the naked eye to distinguish.

By the way, the biochemists have identified 5 mechanisms that can produce incomplete dominance or codominance. So I predict future changes in the definitions.

For your first point, do you have any sources that I could look at for this (preferably peer-reviewed papers)? This may be a topic I could address in my paper, if I have formal literature to back up any points I make.

As to your second point, what biochemists are you referring to (ie what institution)? Is there a publication I could check out? So far, I think the most obvious mechanism for incomplete dominance would be allelic insufficiency, but understanding other types of phenomena that result in codominance or incomplete dominance would be highly useful.