It's easy to understand if you consider Normal as a recessive trait from Hypo. The punnet square applies to a dominant trait like hypo just like the recessive traits like Albino.

Remember, when creating a punnet square, the dominant gene is capitilized while the recessive gene is lower case.


_____X____x
X___XX___Xx
x____Xx___xx

So for Albino (a recessive trait), xx would be Homozygous for albino and would express the trait.

And for Hypo (a dominant trait) Xx would be het for Hypo and would express the trait and XX would be homozygous for hypo and would also express the trait!





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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC)
0.2 kids (CBB, selectively bred from good stock)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
13.26 BRB
11.16 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

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• What does hypo x hypo produce? - shot, Sat Sep 16 22:32:13 2006
• Paul, do you want to take this one? - ChrisGilbert, Sat Sep 16 22:37:25 2006
• From salmonboa.com> - ChrisGilbert, Sat Sep 16 22:50:06 2006
• RE: From salmonboa.com> - shot, Sat Sep 16 23:01:14 2006
• On that link... - ChrisGilbert, Sat Sep 16 23:10:57 2006
• Just because it's in print.... - rainbowsrus, Sun Sep 17 00:43:43 2006
• AND - rainbowsrus, Sun Sep 17 01:04:43 2006
• Chris and Dave thanks for the lesson.. - shot, Sun Sep 17 07:56:05 2006
• Apology Accepted........... - vcaruso15, Sun Sep 17 12:09:19 2006
• Ditto..... - rainbowsrus, Sun Sep 17 18:38:30 2006