what does 66% het mean, how do they get 66%?
thanks
Wayne
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question on hets
wayne13114
Feb 06, 2004 01:23 AM
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chrish
Feb 06, 2004 06:34 AM
A 66% heterozygous snake is a snake that has a 66% chance of being heterozygous (and therefore a 1/3 chance of being normal).
They are produced by breeding two (100%) hets together. You should get approximately 1/4 of the offspring that are homozygous recessive (e.g. albino) and the other 3/4 will be normal looking. But of those 3/4, 2/3 will be heterozygous. Unfortunately, there is no way of knowing which of the normal looking snakes are hets, if any.
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Chris Harrison
