Albino (visible) X Mojave would statistically produce:

50% Mojave Heterozygous for Albino

50% Normal-looking Heterozygous for Albino



However, if you breed a Normal-looking snake that is Heterozygous for Albino to a Mojave (Het Albino X Mojave) that would statistically produce:

25% Mojave Heterozygous for Albino

25% Mojave NOT Heterozygous for Albino

25% Normal-looking Heterozygous for Albino

25% Normals NOT heterozygous for Albino

...this means that all of these snakes would be referred to as "50% possible" Hets for Albino, since you can't tell by looking at them if they carry the recessive gene for Albinism. So there would be Mojaves "50% possible" Het Albino, and Normals "50% possible" Het Albino - which would not be worth as much as the known Hets.



If you are hoping to produce an Albino Mojave, you would need to breed a Mojave that is Het Albino to an animal that is either Het for Albino or Homozygous (visible) Albino.

Mojave Het Albino X Het Albino would statistically produce:

12.5% Mojave Albino

25.0% Mojave Het Albino

12.5% Mojave NOT Het Albino

12.5% Albino

25.0% Normal-looking Het Albino

12.5% Normal NOT Het Albino

Similar to the situatiion that yielded "50% possible" Hets, this produces "66% possible" Hets, since 2/3 of the animals that are not Homozygous (visible) Albino carry that gene (Het), whether they are also expressing the Mojave trait or not.



Mojave Het Albino X Albino (visible) would statistically produce:

25% Mojave Albino

25% Mojave Het Albino

25% Albino

25% Normal-looking Het Albino

Happily, this combination produces "100%" or KNOWN Hets - there is no guesswork for you or your buyers! If offspring from this breeding does not exhibit albinism, then you know that the animal carries that gene.



Good luck! I realize this is more than you asked for, but I like this stuff.

~Rebecca
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0.1 Dumeril's Boa '04 (Courtney)

1.2 Ball Pythons

[1.0 '05 Orange Hypo (Specter)]

[0.1 '05 Het Orange Hypo (Sylvia)]

[0.1 '03 Normal (Sue)]

0.2 American Pit Bull Terriers (40lb darling lap dogs:Brandy&Mara)

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