If I'm mentioning "Satan" in the same breath as the claim that het markers are a joke, maybe I'm not being totally serious. :P



I think the angle I was taking was more CH or petstore snakes that have the 'marker' are not particularly likely to be pied. But, in breedings where the parents are known and in each generation, the "marker" babies were the ones held back...It's logical to think that any non-pied babies that carry the marker are likely to also carry pied.



Your quote highlights exactly what I just described - if your friend sells all the "normal" looking babies from his breedings, and only holds back snakes with markers, he is selecting for snakes that display that marker. Not all hets have the marker, and not all snakes with the marker are hets.



~jenny
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