Hi Yasser...

Thank you very much for your comments.

I guess one way to explain our beliefs would be to give the following explanation:

Let's represent Angolan Python genes by odd numbers, and Ball Python genes by even numbers.

When an Angolan Python is bred to a Ball Python, the resulting offspring inherit 50% of their genetic makeup from the Angolan Python, and 50% of their genetic makeup from the Ball python. The offspring, therefore, have a genetic makeup that is equally balanced between odd and even numbers.

When an Angolan Ball is bred to a Ball Python, the resulting offspring inherit 50% of their genetic makeup from the Angolan Ball, and 50% of their genetic makeup from the Ball Python. In the case of the Ball Python parent, the result is all even numbers. In the case of the Angolan Ball parent, however, some genes are odd and some are even, so which will be inherited by the offspring? Our position is that the potential exists for the Angolan Ball to pass along all odd numbers, all even numbers, or some of each. Any offspring inheriting all odd numbers from the Angolan Ball would, therefore, be 50% Angolan Python 50% Ball Python. Any offspring inheriting all even numbers from the Angolan Ball would, therefore, be 100% Ball Python (I misstated this percentage in my original post). The most usual occurrence would be for the Angolan Ball to pass along roughly the same number of odd and even numbers, resulting in offspring that are 25% Angolan Python 75% Ball Python.

One of the offspring in the group above is basically identical in appearance to Angolan Balls produced from breeding an Angolan Python to a Ball Python. One of the offspring in the group above is way more "Ball Python"-like than Angolan- or Angolan Ball-like. The rest have widely varying appearances of both color and pattern.

Perhaps we will see a greater variation in the appearance of Angolan Balls as more are produced. Possibly the variations in appearance seen above (both color and pattern) are a natural variation of 25% Angolan 75% Ball "blood". Possibly the variations in appearance seen above are indicative of a varying degree of Angolan influence being present for the reasons discussed above. Hopefully, time will tell.

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