#amelanism

Amora is the mother, who has amelanism. She often tries to cover up as much as possible as when she was a child she was often sought after for her rare genetic mutation making her highly valuable and a vulnerable target to kidnap. She is quiet as she was raised to be seen and not heard (not by Tanai), however can be cold and cruel, but still has strong maternal tendencies.

She mainly resides in their manor within the Envy Ring, will go with Tanai (Her Husband) to the Greed Ring for business matters as well, also likes looking at products they have and enjoyed Fizzarolli’s shows, but would never openly admit this. She will visit the Wrath Ring on occasion to visit acquaintances or check up on a family member.

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F2

The orange did indeed prove out! I've separated the f2 generation into their het and homo groups. I lost the paper I was keeping count on, but I remember the ratio being consistent with my 50/50 expectation.

Here they are! My camera really wanted to enhance the orange. The video still on the right is more accurate.

Their coloration is noticeably grainy and looks darker than regular 'orange' to me, but I might be imagining things. There's not too much variation.

Dark Orange X Spanish Orange

Now HERE'S where it gets interesting! The 'Dark Orange' X 'Spanish Orange' cross was a little test breeding meant to verify whether the same recessive amelanism gene was responsible for the orange color in both morphs. I expected to see either all grey (meaning they were separate genes) or all orange (meaning they were the same). What I didn't expect to see was three distinct phenotypes.

There's the classic orange that I expected, a browner/darker orange, and three greys for some reason.

So YES! The classic recessive amel gene is responsible for the orange in 'dark orange'.

But did the 'dark' gene just prove out? Is it a dominant or co-dominant allele? Idk! I have to wait until the homozygous f2s are bigger to see if all or any of them share this trait. Their having grainy coloration and being mixed ages makes it frustratingly difficult to tell at this stage.

I attribute the even coloration of this test cross to the 'Spanish Orange' side of the family, since pure Spanish Orange stock is known for its smooth coloration.

Now to address the greys. Yeah, I don't know what happened here. The mother has been isolated with the progenitor in a harem setup since way before she was sexually mature. The only thing I can think is that one of the f2 sons managed to breed with her before I removed them. I'm not sure how that's possible as I removed them when they were absolutely tiny but it's the most likely explanation I can think of. I've separated the three greys into their own bin for now. Maybe the answers will be further down the road.

Amelanism Previously I wrote about melanism (https://tmblr.co/Zyv2JsYpZGm-qa00), amelanism also exists and is characterised by a lack of melanin pigments (making it the opposite of melanism). Melanin is a pigment produced from an amino acid by a melanosome. Amelanism can affect a range of animals including fish, mammals, birds, and amphibians. However, difficulty in producing melanins affects these groups of animals differently.