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Originally Posted by crmauch
I'm pretty sure it's not, but it may be for similar reasons. Without the modifier gene, tomatoes with the Beta(B) gene are only 60% carotene, the remainder being mostly lycopene. The final 'blush' is the lycopene showing through.
I'm guessing your white genetics is a form of r (note that Beta does not work with r, only R.), but that "qualitative" or "bi-color' genes are causing a late addition of lycopene to the development of your tomato, but it's all conjecture on my part.
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Darn. I've been puzzling over this trait for some time and keeping an eye out for anything that sounds similar. I hadn't connected it to the bicolor trait, so that's something new for me to think about