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ok im new i have seen the hypos the supers and poss super
hypos my question is what makes a super a super?

the hypo gene operates in what some people call a "co-dominant" or "incomplete dominant" manner.

that is, a normal 1st generation hypo bred to a normal boa will produce approximately 50% hypo and 50% normal babies.

What makes a super hypo is that they are the "dominant" version of hypo, so when you breed a super hypo to a normal, 100% of the babies will be hypos. (those babies will just be 1st gen "co-dom" hypos, though. you must breed hypo or super to hypo or super to get poss supers and/or supers.)

that's the general idea. terminology will vary, the co-dom vs. dominant classification of the gene will get you into endless debates...

here is a gorgeous girl that i just proved to be a super this year!!!

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A baby boa is going to inherent one gene from each parent for every trait. So the hypo trait has two possible options for genes (alleles), normal or hypo and there are two "slots" (loci) in an individual. In a normal, regular hypo there is both a normal gene and a hypo gene. The hypo gene is dominant over normal and therefore will be displayed. This animal is considered heterozygous because the two alleles are different. It is NOT codominant! Codominant is a type of trait, which some people feel the hypo trait is and others feel it is dominant (just means that codominant traits' heterozygous forms are easily distinguishable from their homozygous/super forms). Now you can't have a "het for hypo" like you can with an albino, because the hypo gene is dominant so if it is present, it will be showing.

A super hypo has two hypo genes and is homozygous.

thank you very much