First, please do not take my last post as an attack I did not intend it that way.

I think you have the basic understanding but you seem to be on the edge of missunderstanding.

Using co-dominant to denote the possibility of a litters inheritance of a trait is just poor and improper use of the term. It appears to me that this is the most commonly confused and misused issue in the 'boa world' of genetics.

I can not see it as beneficial to use terms improperly because the original poster did not understand an aspect of genetics.

Hypos are heterozygous because they recieved only one mutant hypo gene from either their mother or father, not because they are indistinguishable from their homozygous siblings.

Hypo is a discription of a physical mutation.
Dominant is a discription of the way in which the genes that cause this mutation are inherited.
Heterozygous is a description of a pair of genes.

These are three very different aspects of genetics, complications occour when we blur them. When you think about genetics try to think of them in these three parts seperate from the other two.

Hope I helped clear things up and did not get you mad. If you would like to discuss further please email me, I love talking about genetics but dont want to hijack this post much more then I already have.
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- Jason F.

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• A question for the Boa Folk. . . - JaredHorenstein, Thu Oct 11 22:39:24 2007
• RE: A question for the Boa Folk. . . - patoquack, Thu Oct 11 23:02:13 2007
• RE: A question for the Boa Folk. . . - NCBoas, Fri Oct 12 00:28:03 2007
• This is exactly why there is confustion - jayf, Fri Oct 12 11:16:22 2007
• RE: This is exactly why there is confust - NCBoas, Fri Oct 12 12:32:26 2007
• RE: This is exactly why there is confust - jayf, Fri Oct 12 14:03:12 2007
• RE: This is exactly why there is confust - NCBoas, Fri Oct 12 15:49:19 2007
• RE: A question for the Boa Folk. . . - heathn, Fri Oct 12 01:20:56 2007
• Double Het for SUNGLOW........... - AshLopez, Fri Oct 12 04:10:51 2007
• RE: A question for the Boa Folk. . . - JackJebus, Fri Oct 12 07:10:55 2007
• Silly Ball Python Guy...... - vcaruso15, Fri Oct 12 09:54:11 2007
• Silly huh? - JaredHorenstein, Fri Oct 12 13:31:29 2007
• trying this again... - patoquack, Fri Oct 12 21:59:21 2007
• RE: trying this again... - jayf, Fri Oct 12 22:14:00 2007
• RE: trying this again... - patoquack, Fri Oct 12 22:59:53 2007
• Not true... - Rainshadow, Sat Oct 13 05:35:52 2007
• RE: Not true... - patoquack, Sat Oct 13 10:28:59 2007
• another quick response.. - patoquack, Sat Oct 13 10:58:34 2007
• RE: another quick response.. - vcaruso15, Sat Oct 13 11:30:27 2007
• RE: another quick response.. - patoquack, Sat Oct 13 13:04:58 2007
• We dont market them that way because - TopNotchBoas, Sat Oct 13 13:22:02 2007
• RE: We dont market them that way because - patoquack, Sat Oct 13 13:34:00 2007
• for the same reason as with ball pythons - 3bSnakes, Sat Oct 13 15:08:14 2007
• RE: for the same reason as with ball pythons - patoquack, Sat Oct 13 15:34:31 2007
• RE: A question for the Boa Folk. . . - Ophidia_Junkie, Fri Oct 12 19:51:28 2007
• Why is it that..... - NUCCIZ_BOAS, Sat Oct 13 09:05:28 2007
• any kind of gene can be involved . . . - Slithering_Serpents, Sat Oct 13 15:46:50 2007
• RE: any kind of gene can be involved . . . - patoquack, Sat Oct 13 16:06:18 2007
• this thread is driving me crazy! - arcanemind, Sun Oct 14 12:38:23 2007
• LOL 100% agreed!!!!! np - rainbowsrus, Tue Oct 16 15:36:56 2007