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Ultramel

Ultramel is a little special in corn snake genetics, with it being the first co-dominant morph to be discovered. Ultrahypo (hypo type D) and amelanistic alleles share the same locus and are codominant, so if no normal gene is present in that place i.e het for both Ultra and Amel, it is possible to create a snake with an appearance intermediate between the two.  
Hatchling - aaau
ultramel corn snake - hatchling
© Don Soderberg
Adult - aaau
ultramel corn snake - adult
© Caroline Piquette
Motley - aaau mmmm
ultramel corn snake - motley
© Jay & PJ Coombs
Stripe - aaau msms
ultramel corn snake - stripe
© T and J's Corns, with thanks to Stephen Wagner

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