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Ok, so I am reading the corn snake manual, and guess what? I have no idea what most of the section on genetics means. Does anyone else find this confusing? It's so confusing to me. LOL maybe I am just too dense to understand, but I was wondering if anyone knows an easier way to understand genetics? I am not planning on breeding but would love to have a better understanding of this stuff. Amelanistic, Anerythrism, Type A, Type B??? OY!! Help!!

Go to marcelpoots.com and download the genetics program from the programming link. You can play around with it and learn how it all works. It does get confusing, but youll get it. Hope this helps.

EP
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Occupants not paying rent:
7 balls
2.1.10 corns(candy cane, creamsicle, ghost, 6 normal, 4 anery )
1 pueblan milk
1 everglades rat
1 cal. king
1 gray band king
1 w. hognose
1 bearded dragon
1 fish
1 mouse
3.3 cats

Is to just get one of every color morph and pattern, then you can study them at home! Seriously though, you will get it. We've all been there, you come here or look through the Manual and it temporarily blows your mind. But the more sites you visit and the more posts here you read, it will eventually just "click" and then you have it. At least that's how it worked for me. Good luck, it's really fun once you get the hang of it! The variety of Corn morphs is really amazing. By far the most diverse snake species as far as the insane number of colors and patterns. I can't think of a single other Snake species that even comes close!
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Lyns Lair
WNY Herpetological Society

0.1 Cat (Mia)
4.2 Ferrets (Wolf, Shadow, Verdell, Sullivan, Boo, Peach)
2.0 Rats (Inky & Oy)
1.0 Carpet Python (Bear)
1.0 Malagasy Blonde Hognose (Wilbur)
1.0 Malagasy Giant Hognose (coming soon)
1.0 Yellow/Everglades Rat Snake (Pumpkin)
1.0 Russian Sand Boa (Fang)
0.1 Normal Corn Snake (Mysty)
1.0 Anery Corn Snake (Suezo)
0.0.3 Eastern Milk Snakes (Uno, Dos, Tres)
1.0 Ball Python (Slytherin)
2.0 Smooth Green Snakes (working on names)
1.0 Northern Water Snake (coming soon)
1.0 Taiwan Beauty (coming soon)
0.1 Golden Greek Tortoise (Sunshine)
0.2 Mississippi Mud Turtles (Squirt & Shyanne)
1.0 Green Iguana (Norbert)
1.0 Bearded Dragon (Moose)
0.0.1 Mountain Horned Dragon (Tiramasu)
0.1 Oustalets Chameleon (Cera) coming soon
1.0 Whites Tree Frog (Trevor)
2.0 Solomon Island Eyelash Frogs (Chompy & Gimli)
0.1 American Toad (Bump)
1.0 AFT Gecko (Cocoa)
5.5 Leopard Geckos (Trouble, Scooter, Simba, Firenze, Teddy, Mystique, Freckles, Dotty, Zipper, Twister)

Yes Genetics can get confusing. You can try doing a search on the internet for punnett squares. Or go to the web site listed below. This will show you how simple dominant/recessive traits work. It will also show you how the genes are passed along (genotype) and how thase genes manifest themselves (phenotype). Hope this is helpful. I find it to be a simple way that I can see what is actually going on on paper rather than trying to do it all in my head, especially when you start dealing with multiple traits.
http://www.borg.com/~lubehawk/psquare.htm

~Marc
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Marc Van Winkle
Northwest Herpetoculture