
07/10/2025
A couple of 🔔's
Crystal (Mojave Special)
Blue Eyed Leucistic (Super Mojave)
The BEL complex are a group of co-dominant mutations that affect the same gene, although each gene as two parts, the co-dominant type such as seen in Mojave, lesser, special, etc share their visual dominants with the nornal part of the gene. All visual expression are referred to as their phenotype. When these two parts differ such as one part normal with the second part mojave, this is known as Heterozygous or het for short. Many get confused between het and recessive. While a recessive gene is non visual, we use the term het for recessive mutations such as the Albino mutations for the purpose of informational aid. For example, het Albino informs you that a specimen is caring one part of the Aldino gene that you can't visual see.
The super form, such as the Blue Eyed Leucistic, as the one pictured. This refers to a specimen having two identical parts, such as mojave in both parts of the gene. This is also known as Homozygous.
Remembering you can only have two part to each gene. So when it comes to the Crystal Ball Python pictured. This specimen as two different parts so is heterozygous, one part Mojave, with the second part being Special.
You can't get a super Mojave and, for example, a super Special in one specimen, as this would consist of 4 parts in one gene.
Here is a list of some of the mutations that affect this same gene:
Lesser
Mojave
Mystic
Phantom
Special
Mocha
Russo
Bamboo
More on genes and mutations can be found in my books:
https://livingworldpets.wixsite.com/mysite/ebooks