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Ok i have a female, that is normal, and i was offered a great deal on a poss 50% het for albino male. I was wondering if i breed them, how much of a chance "if he is actually is 50%" that i would get any albinos out of her?

i don't think you will be able to get any albinos from 50 percent het and a normal, you have to have a het and a het, or albino and normal, or albino and albino

thats what i thought but i wasn't sure. i wanted to make sure though before i bought.. thanks for the quick reply..

Albinism is a simple recessive gene so both animals have to at least be het to produce the mutation. Your best bet is to breed the the poss het male to an albino female. Then even if you don't produce any albinos at least all the babies will be 100% het for albinism. You will get the following proportions for these breedings

HetXNormal=The whole litter will be 50%HET
HetXHet=25% will be Normal,50% will be 100%HET,25% will be albino
AlbinoXNormal=The whole litter will be 100%Het
AlbinoXHet=50%will be 100%Het,50%will be Albino
AlbinoXAlbino= The entire litter will be Albino

Hope this helps all this can be learned in a basic biology book under Mendalin Gentics,Punnett Squares or check out Ralph Davis's web site

thanks for the help!!