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If I were to breed my Salmon het Ghost to my Snow wouldn't I get some snakes that were het for just about everything(albino,ghost,snow,anery,hypo,sunglow,etc...)

Terry

>If I were to breed my Salmon het Ghost to my Snow wouldn't I get some snakes that were het for just about everything(albino,ghost,snow,anery,hypo,sunglow,etc...)

I had to get out paper and pencil to answer the question instead of doing it my head.

As I understand it, ghost is a combination of Salmon and anerythristic, sunglow is a combination of Salmon and albino, and snow is a combination of albino and anerythristic. By Salmon het Ghost, I assume you mean a Salmon that is also heterozygous anerythristic.

Here's what I figure you'd get from the cross:
1/4 Salmon, heterozygous anerythristic, heterozygous albino (looks salmon)
1/4 Salmon, anerythristic, heterozygous albino (looks ghost)
1/4 heterozygous anerythristic, heterozygous albino (looks normal)
1/4 anerythristic, heterozygous albino (looks anerythristic)

Is a Salmon, heterozygous anerythristic, heterozygous albino a Salmon het sunglow, a Salmon het ghost, a Salmon het snow, a Salmon het snow ghost, or a Salmon het sunglow snow ghost? Hanged if I know. So I'll stick with Salmon, heterozygous anerythristic, heterozygous albino.

BTW, Salmon and heterozygous Salmon both mean that the snake looks salmon and has one salmon mutant gene paired with a normal gene. A heterozygous salmon does not look like a normal boa constrictor. A boa that is heterozygous albino or heterozygous anerythristic or heterozygous for both does look normal (unless there is some other mutant gene present).

Hope this helps.

Paul Hollander

Paul is correct...

The simplest terms would be...

1/4 Normals Het Snow
1/4 Anerythristic Het Snow
1/4 Salmon Het Snow
1/4 Ghost Het Snow

This is a nice cross because you will know exactly what is what. All are het snow and none of the Hypos and Ghosts will be Supers.

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Jaremy Douglas

Thanks for the reply everyone...So would it be worth my time, or should I just stick to breeding for ghost? Its going to be couple years down the road anyway, I was just bored and thinking the other night

terry

Sure it is a worthwhile cross. Remember, statistically 1/4 of the babies will be ghost. That's as good as you'd get breeding that Salmon het anerythristic to an anerythristic.

The only way to get more than 1/4 ghosts is to breed that Salmon het anerythristic to a ghost. If the ghost is heterozygous salmon, then statistically 3/16 of the babies would be ghost. If the ghost is homozygous salmon, then statistically 1/2 of the babies would be ghost.

OTOH, if you have a pair of snows, mating them might be more profitable.

Paul Hollander