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I know the Hypo is a line breed. But could someone explain how they are when paired with normals/anerys? Is it luck of the draw from one hatchling to the other, or do they have a pretty normal amount of melanine?

not sure if I am really getting what you are asking. Hypo is simple recessive. You need either a parent that is Hypo and a parent that is Het for hypo, two hypo parents or two het for hypo parents to get Hypo snakes.
If you bred a hypo snake to a normal (that was not Het hypo), you'd get normals het hypo. If you bred a hypo to a normal that Is het hypo, then you'd get some normals and some hypos.

Be aware that there are multiple genes of hypo. Hypo A (classic), Hypo B (sunkissed), Hypo C (lava) and actually a couple others in the works. Each one is not compatable with each other. If you had a classic hypo, bred it with a sunkissed then you'd get normals het for both.

there are "Genetic calculators" out there, if you are curious what you'd get when pair up two snakes. It is fun to play around with.
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****Misty****

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hypo is not a line bred animal. As I mentioned, hypo is genetic (simple recessive).
It would work with anery similar to normal. Lets say you were working with classic hypo, just to make it easier.
You had an anery and a hypo. You'd get normals het hypo and anery (ghost)
lets say your anery is het hypo and your hypo is het anery. Then you'd get normals, anery, and ghosts (hypo anery)

If your anery was het hypo but your hypo was not het anery. You'd get hypos het anery and normals het for both (ghost).

if your anery was Not het hypo and your hypo was het anery, you'd get anery het hypo, normals het for both (ghost)

I am tired, so I hope I explained this without messing it up.
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****Misty****

www.sneakyserpents.com

"The more things change, the more they remain Insane"

Yeah I understand. I'm pretty good with the genetics once I figure out what everything is. Thanks for correcting me on the line bred vs. recessive. I thought for sure that hypo was selective breeding for reduced melanine. but thanks for clearing that up.

I may be wrong but I believe some of the hypo morphs also include some line bred appearance. Specifically I seem to remember one of the hypo strains combined with amel and a line bred appearance being a named, marketed morph. But that doesn't change the simple recessive aspect of the hypo genes, they are just sometimes combined with specific line bred appearances. Like hypo miami phases, hypo okeetee's, etc...

Sean.
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Some sunglows are actually hypo amel. That might be what you are referring to. Not all sunglows are hypo amel though.
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Only one sleepy mistake that I saw Misty. The anery het hypo x hypo het anery would also produce hypo's het anery.

Sean.
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1.1 BRB
1.1 Triple Het TPRS's
0.1 Silver TPRS
1.1 Amel Bloodred Corns
0.1 Abbott Okeetee Corn
0.1 Blizzard Bloodred Corn
1.1 Thayeri Kingsnakes
0.1 Reeve's Turtle
0.2 Amstaff's
1.0 Pudytat