Tyrosinase+ Vs. Melanism Questions

[erie-herps]

I’m not totally sure but this thread might help.

Piebald/albin/melan/leuci... "-isms", what do they actually mean?

After a discussion with our local geneticists I came to realise that a bunch of “isms” are thrown around at complete random in the reptile hobby and I’d like to discuss it in depth. Most of these words are commonly thrown about throughout the community, but the meaning behind them is often skewed from the scientifical meanings. Let’s start with a easy one that we’ve discussed before, Piebald. It’s obviously Piebaldism, this is a mutation that happens in a multitude of different animals. What …