Request to add new gene Dark Matter

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Species

Ball Python

Name of Gene

Dark Matter

First produced by

Tyron Brown

Year first produced

2013

Inheritence type

Recessive

In complex with other genes?

Albino, Candy, Toffee

Other names/aliases

Visual double het Dark Matter Albino aka. Dark Sun, Visual double het Dark Matter Candy/Toffee aka. Dark Nova

General description

The Dark Matter gene has been proven to be allelic with Albino and Candy/Toffee
the general colour is of a very rich dark Burgandy with Golden Alien heads, The dorsal tends to be slightly blushed showing of the Burgandy colour in places.
The whole of the head is softly blushed.

Appearance - Head

Softly Blushed

Appearance - Body

Dark Burgandy with bright golden alien heads and back stripe
Normal pattern

Appearance - Belly

Belly pattern is that of a normal, Off white with dark Speckles

Appearance - Tail

the Burgandy colour shows more prominantly towards the end of the tail

Related genes

Albino
Candy/Toffee

Proven

This has gene has been proven to be allelic with Albino and Candy/Toffee on many occasions.
We have been working with the gene for over 7 years completing multiple pairings to the point where we have now proven out het Dark Matter animals by breeding and producing visual double het Albino Dark Matter (aka. Dark Sun) animals

Unique

This gene has been proven to be compatible with Albino and Candy/Toffee when it has no Albino features at all in the way it looks, no yellows or whites and no red eyes, but when bred with an Albino and Candy/Toffee to outcome is quite spectacular.

Problems

No known issues

History

The gene was picked up at a local pet shop in 2018 with 1.2 odd looking animals which later transpired to have been produced by Tyron Brown in 2013, but unfortunatley he had lost the project.
After breeding 1.1 of the animals all offspring apart from 1 looked exactly like the parents the other animal hatched was an Albino.
After breeding some of the animals to other snakes that did not contain Albino or Candy/Toffee genes we were unable to produce replicas of them, but when breed to a Albino or Candy/Toffee no normlas were produced all animals were either Albino, Candino or copies of the 1.2 that we had picked up from the local pet shop.
After a few years of breeding we had come to determine that the 1.2 we had picked up were all in fact visual double het Albino Dark Matter aka. Dark Sun.

Disagreement or controversy

None

References

Proven out het Dark Matter allelic with Albino/Candy (new recessive)

I made a post over a year ago regarding the Dark Matter gene where i mentioned that we had made some dbl het Pied Dark Matter or dbl het Pied Albino offspring from pairing a Pinstripe Pied that was paired to one of our visual dbl het Dark Matter Albino (aka Dark Sun) girls. This year I paired a male from from that clutch to a visual Black Pastel Albino and that male has proved out to be dbl het Dark Matter Pied We hit 3 Black Pastel Dark Suns (2 still in the egg) (visual dbl …

Our Dark Matter Project (new recessive)

Sorry for delay in replying, If we breed a Dark Sun with a normal it will not guarantee a single gene Dark Matter. It will guarantee that all the offspring are either het Dark Matter or het Albino, Dark Sun is a visual dbl het like a Crypton or a Candino. So if you were to breed a Crypton to a normal you get either het Cryptic or het Clown but no visuals. We have breed a Dark Sun to a Pinstripr Pied and as suspected we produced normals and Pinstripes that are all dbl het Pied Albino or dbl het…

Dark Matter Project. Dark Matter Pied

I have what I believe to be a Dark Matter Pied produced from a pair of dbl hets that were made a few year’s ago. As you can see what should be black is actually some deep purples that will look even better after it sheds. I will need to confirm the genetics by testing this boy for Albino, if it test result comes back negative as I believe it will, this will be another massive step forward for this project. My good friend Jack (God Of Pythons) has this year created a worlds first GHI Dark Sun…

[ballornothing]

I’ve spoken with RGI a bit about this and they’d be interested in talking to you further about the breedings you’ve done and potentially even highlighting the gene on their show.

From our side of things Ben’s input is always really helpful in making sure we have everything laid clearly.

Could you reach out to them on IG or by email at raregeninc@gmail.com. If you’d rather speak by phone just email them your phone number.

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If I can find the time I will do it, I know he’s been in conversation with Jack (God of pythons) about mapping the gene