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T+?

Tyrosinase is an enzyme that controls melanin production, in humans and animals.

T- morphs are the true albinos. They're unable to produce melanin, hence T-.

T+ morphs do carry the gene that produces Tyrosinase, so the melanin is present, though reduced, not true albinos.

At least that's how I remember it :)
 
Thanks, I know all that.

When some people list their boas, they list it as T+ or T+ albino, I was wondering if there was a difference or they are lazy. :)
 
T+, T+ albino, same thing, used to be called caramel too.
:D

If it's listed as CA T+ then it's sticking to the Central lines, T+ has been bred into Colombian lines as well. If I remember correctly though it originated in Nic/CA origin stock.
 
One of the original perpetuated Colombian T+ line is from the Barkers (VPI) and is reported to be Colombian, not CA. The first T+ Nicaraguans were created much later.

Boa Woman Caramels (BWC) is another perpetuated T+ line reported to be Colombian. Whether or not it is truly T+ at this point remains to be seen, however.
 
ShadowAceD said:
One of the original perpetuated Colombian T+ line is from the Barkers (VPI) and is reported to be Colombian, not CA. The first T+ Nicaraguans were created much later.

Boa Woman Caramels (BWC) is another perpetuated T+ line reported to be Colombian. Whether or not it is truly T+ at this point remains to be seen, however.
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Then there is the Russian blond and a couple of other unrelated T+ lines.

IMO, those, the VPI line, and the BWC line have functional tyrosinase. Nonfunctional tyrosinase would make a T- albino. But nobody knows whether a given T+ line is due to impaired but functional tyrosinase or impairment of a totally different enzyme.

Worse, the T- albinos (Kahl and Sharp) have never been tested for tyrosinase activity. T- albino simply means no visible black pigment, and T+ albino means less than normal black pigment. IMO, a unique identification for the line is more helpful to the breeder and buyer than lumping several different lines together as T+ albinos.
 
I knew there was more to it than just a label.

Some T+ do not look anything like mine ... meaning that the probability of different lines and strains, like the Kahl & Sharp T- albinos.
 
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