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OKay, if I have a girl whos father was a Super Hypo and her mother was a regular Hypo what does that make her? Anything?? Also, its been many, many years since I was in Biology, could someone correct me on homozygeous and heterozygeous? I mean, doesn't het mean carrying a certain gene while homo means they express that gene??

Jeff
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1.4.0 Nannar, Abbie, Aspen, Sigma and Raleigh
0.0.1 Ball Python Ernest

That makes her the daughter of a Super Hypo and a Hypo
What she ends up resembling is only predictable to a certain degree, she SHOULD look like something in between the two parents.

As far as homo/het, it is the distinction between having a pair of genes for a certain trait or only one gene. For simple recessive traits, hets will resemble the wild type appearance. Dominant and Codominant traits function differently, even the hets will have a unique appearance.
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Thanks for the all the information, I guess what I was wanting to know is what genes she carries as far as hypo goes. What happens if I breed her with my hypo male?

Jeff
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1.4.0 Nannar, Abbie, Aspen, Sigma and Raleigh
0.0.1 Ball Python Ernest

If you breed two hypos or a hypo and a superhypo together you will probably get mainly hypos, maybe a few super-hypos and reduced spotting/normals.

Okay, so its pretty much like a thought, if they are het for a gene, you may never know it without breeding them out. You cannot tell they are het by looking at them. That is very important, lol.

Jeff
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1.4.0 Nannar, Abbie, Aspen, Sigma and Raleigh
0.0.1 Ball Python Ernest

Just to clarify E2's comments regarding the hypo pairing. Even though the offspring SHOULD look somewhere in between the two parents they COULD look more hypo, or less.

Hypo, in general, is a selectively bred for morph rather than a recessive trait. What that means is that there are no guarantees when it comes to the offspring. You can expect certain results, but don't count on it until it happens. That is one of the reasons that really nice hypos, or tangs or snows are pretty expensive. It is genetics, of course, just not predictable.

Be very cautious of purchasing for sure hypos when they are still in their hatchling/juvie coloring. Yes, there are some cues to indicate potential, but there are LOTS of changes that the animals go through as they get their mature coloring.

Steven
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