I know what Paul was getting at, when running a punnet square you have to account for all four genes between the parents, regardless of what genes each individual has. In Paul's examples the Arabesque albino was shown as h'h'Rr'Aa which is an abbreviation of:

Hypo Locus has two normal genes,
Arabesque locus has one arabesque and one normal gene,
Albino locus has one albino and one normal gene.

Just because a locus does not contain a morph gene does not mean it is not there.


>>That part kind of lost me because we are listing genes in the snake that it does not carry, but rather its mate carries.

The point is both snakes carry genes in that locus, it's just that one only has normal genes while the other has one morph gene paired with a normal.

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Thanks,


Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com



0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

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

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

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• Genetics experts' input needed (long) - NUCCIZ_BOAS, Sun Nov 4 22:59:18 2007
• RE: Genetics experts' input needed (long) - JackJebus, Sun Nov 4 23:16:09 2007
• RE: Genetics experts' input needed (long) - hiss_n_herps, Sun Nov 4 23:52:29 2007
• RE: Genetics experts' input needed (long - NUCCIZ_BOAS, Mon Nov 5 00:09:30 2007
• RE: Genetics experts' input needed (long - Paul Hollander, Mon Nov 5 19:05:59 2007
• Paul! - NUCCIZ_BOAS, Mon Nov 5 22:05:41 2007
• RE: Paul! - rainbowsrus, Tue Nov 6 02:57:59 2007
• Wrong symbols -- Sorry - Paul Hollander, Tue Nov 6 12:09:28 2007
• A couple things.... - jhsulliv, Mon Nov 5 06:42:58 2007
• One point of dissention...... - rainbowsrus, Mon Nov 5 12:14:52 2007
• RE: One point of dissention...... - jhsulliv, Mon Nov 5 13:02:16 2007
• RE: One point of dissention...... - rainbowsrus, Mon Nov 5 13:53:51 2007
• IMO, an easier method than punnet square - rainbowsrus, Mon Nov 5 12:36:10 2007
• Excellent explanation Dave! - kblumenthal, Mon Nov 5 13:19:17 2007
• RE: Excellent explanation Dave! - rainbowsrus, Mon Nov 5 13:48:30 2007
• RE: Excellent explanation Dave! - kblumenthal, Mon Nov 5 14:42:56 2007
• RE: Excellent explanation Dave! - rainbowsrus, Mon Nov 5 15:05:46 2007
• RE: IMO, an easier method than punnet square - jscrick, Mon Nov 5 13:32:42 2007
• RE: IMO, an easier method than punnet square - rainbowsrus, Mon Nov 5 13:46:34 2007