The above is a good definition of het but you should watch out because many others in the ball python community misuse the term. Heterozygous means having an unmatched pair of genes for whatever trait you are talking about. It does not necessarily mean normal looking gene carrier. It just happens to work out that way with the recessive mutations.

It is also accurate to refer to a heterozygous pastel or spider, they just don't look normal. By understanding co-dominant and dominant hets you can better predict their offspring, especially as more complex crosses are routinely done.

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• Explanation of het? - Mannyrottie, Sun May 27 17:20:14 2007
• Heterozygous. - RyanT, Sun May 27 17:39:06 2007
• RE: Explanation of het? - RatliffReptiles, Sun May 27 17:45:30 2007
• RE: Explanation of het? - mannyrottie, Sun May 27 18:03:11 2007
• Sounds like you're catching on. - RyanT, Sun May 27 18:19:51 2007
• RE: Explanation of het? - levi987, Sun May 27 18:25:59 2007
• RE: Explanation of het? - mannyrottie, Sun May 27 18:35:25 2007
• I don't think it's hard at all. - RyanT, Sun May 27 18:58:34 2007
• RE: I don't think it's hard at all. - mannyrottie, Sun May 27 19:28:05 2007
• RE: Explanation of het? - RandyRemington, Mon May 28 05:10:55 2007
• OK SO THEN EXPLAIN THIS...? - mannyrottie, Mon May 28 13:04:55 2007
• RE: OK SO THEN EXPLAIN THIS...? - RandyRemington, Mon May 28 13:38:42 2007
• RE: OK SO THEN EXPLAIN THIS...? - toshamc, Mon May 28 13:41:35 2007
• OK WITH THAT SAID, WHAT ABOUT...? - mannyrottie, Mon May 28 14:02:10 2007
• RE: OK WITH THAT SAID, WHAT ABOUT...? - tomorrow264, Mon May 28 14:35:57 2007
• RE: OK WITH THAT SAID, WHAT ABOUT...? - mannyrottie, Mon May 28 14:38:38 2007
• RE: OK WITH THAT SAID, WHAT ABOUT...? - tomorrow264, Mon May 28 14:43:11 2007
• Check this out - tomorrow264, Mon May 28 15:07:23 2007
• RE: Check this out - mannyrottie, Mon May 28 15:26:47 2007
• RE: Check this out - tomorrow264, Mon May 28 15:40:57 2007
• RE: Check this out - mannyrottie, Mon May 28 16:32:41 2007
• RE: Check this out - tomorrow264, Mon May 28 18:23:49 2007
• RE: Check this out - mannyrottie, Mon May 28 19:18:11 2007
• layman explanation with pics - robyn@ProExotics, Sun May 27 18:33:56 2007
• HEY ROBYN, QUICK QUESTION? - mannyrottie, Sun May 27 20:32:21 2007
• RE: HEY ROBYN, QUICK QUESTION? - robyn@ProExotics, Sun May 27 20:39:51 2007
• RE: HEY ROBYN, QUICK QUESTION? - mannyrottie, Sun May 27 20:53:45 2007
• RE: HEY ROBYN, QUICK QUESTION? - robyn@ProExotics, Sun May 27 21:11:58 2007
• Thank YOU - mannyrottie, Sun May 27 21:15:06 2007
• RE: HEY ROBYN, QUICK QUESTION? - morphed, Tue May 29 09:29:24 2007
• RE: Explanation of het? - EmberBAll, Mon May 28 13:15:51 2007
• RE: Explanation of het? - Paul Hollander, Tue May 29 17:15:29 2007