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Component genes
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Lavender Axanthic
The genetics
Axanthic
Axanthic is a recessive mutation that removes yellow (xanthin) pigment while leaving melanin intact. The result is a gray, black, and white snake that keeps its normal pattern and dark eyes but loses all warm coloration.
Lavender
Lavender is a recessive, tyrosinase-positive (T+) form of albino. It produces a soft gray-lavender body with a purple tongue and eyes; hatchlings often carry a reddish tint that fades to lavender-gray with age.
What makes a Mercury
- Two copies of Axanthic — recessive, so it only shows when paired up.
- Two copies of Lavender — recessive, so it only shows when paired up.
This describes the genetics of the animal itself — not the odds from a pairing. Outcome odds are the Genetics Calculator's job.
More in the Mercury family
The same base with its Arctic and Anaconda modifier variants.
Mercury Arctic
MercuryMercury Anaconda
MercuryMercury Arctic Anaconda
MercuryMercury Superconda
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