Quote Originally Posted by AaronP View Post
*sigh*

I'll have to hunt down the RR show where a big breeder talked about "Surprises". I think it was a Barcyzk show but I'm not sure, at work right now.

And every Russo I've ever seen looked pretty darn normal to me, and a few breeders whom I've talked to about them. Just because you don't know about it doesn't mean I'm "spreading false information"

I'd also like to point out that I said they Look LIKE normals, but they aren't. It's a co-dominate trait because 50% of it's offspring will carry the lucy gene, well that applys to Het Albinos too you know, they look like normals but they carry the Albino gene with a 50% chance of passing on it's genes when bred to a normal. The homozygous form = Albino, no different for a Russo, except the Homozygous form = a BEL.
straight from NERD... no they don't look normal, which is why its co-dom, you do know that albino is a recessive trait right?


Genetics
Co-dominant

The Russo het Leucistic is named for Vin Russo @ Cutting Edge Herp, who produced stunning, clean white Blue-Eyed Leucistics from breeding his "high yellow lemon" ball pythons together. To avoid confusion with other mutations sharing similar names, this particular bloodline has been dubbed the Russo het Leucistic. These are beautiful ball pythons, with bright pigmentation, white highlights & an unmarked belly. Russo het Leucistics often exhibit busy lateral patterns with a donut or "keyhole" shape. The resulting Blue-Eyed Leucistics from this line are extremely clean, bright white with minimal (if any) markings. Subsequent breedings have determined the Russo hets to be compatible with Mojaves in producing Blue-Eyed Leucies.