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HEllo,
Any help in clarifying the genetics of ball python morphs. would be much appreciated. It's been a while since I did genetics in bio class : ). My specific question is what do you get when you breed a 100% het for albino ball to a normal ball. Does it matter whether it's a male or female het?

ANy reply would be helpful.
Jon

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It does not depend on wether the 100% het is a male or female. the outcome is the same. if you breed a 100%het for albino to a normal ball you will get on average 1/2 100% het for albino balls and 1/2 normal ball pythons. problem being that you can not tell the 100% hets from the normals visually. so 50% of the snakes are 100% het for albino. this is why 50% possible het for albino name is used. this is the same for all reccesive traits when a het is breed to a normal. if you breed a het albino to a het albino you get the following, on average, 1 in 4 homozygous animals (visual albino), 1 in 4 normals, and 2 in 4 100% het for albino animals. Again the normals and 100% hets look the same (3 out of every 4 snakes). so with these 2 out of every 3 normal appearing animals is a 100% het for albino. Hence 66% het for albion ball pythons. Hope this helps.
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Derek Affonce
DeKeAff Exotics
dekeaffexotics.com

It does not depend on wether the 100% het is a male or female. the outcome is the same. if you breed a 100%het for albino to a normal ball you will get on average 1/2 100% het for albino balls and 1/2 normal ball pythons. problem being that you can not tell the 100% hets from the normals visually. so 50% of the snakes are 100% het for albino. this is why 50% possible het for albino name is used. this is the same for all reccesive traits when a het is breed to a normal. if you breed a het albino to a het albino you get the following, on average, 1 in 4 homozygous animals (visual albino), 1 in 4 normals, and 2 in 4 100% het for albino animals. Again the normals and 100% hets look the same (3 out of every 4 snakes). so with these 2 out of every 3 normal appearing animals is a 100% het for albino. Hence 66% het for albion ball pythons. Hope this helps.
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Derek Affonce
DeKeAff Exotics
dekeaffexotics.com

I have a Genetics primer on my web site. I tried to make it nice and simple for us snake folk.

www.cranwill.com

Click on the "Genetics" link...
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