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i have 1.1 striped anerythristics, het for ghost.

when i breed them, am i going to get ALL stripe?
Will i get 50% ghost and 50% anery?
i'm still not sure how hypomelanism works.
(it its hypomelanism and anery that make ghosts correct?)

thanks,
me

>>i have 1.1 striped anerythristics, het for ghost.
>>
>>when i breed them, am i going to get ALL stripe?
>>Will i get 50% ghost and 50% anery?
>>i'm still not sure how hypomelanism works.
>>it its hypomelanism and anery that make ghosts correct?)
>>
>>thanks,
>>me

yes anery and hypo makes ghost so the anery is already there making them anery stripe het hypo

breed them together and you should get

50% anery stripe het hypo
25% ghost stripe (cool)
25% anery stripe

at least I think that is right
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Corn snakes and rat snakes..No one can have just one.
"resistance is futile"
Jimmy (draybar)

so when i sell the anery sripes, i HAVE to market them as POSSIBLE het hypo, at a lower price.

but the striped ghosts will look COOL.
can't wait to breed them.

it'll shock the h-e double hockey sticks out of my family when i ask for a hovabator for christmas. hehe.

"a what-a-bator?"

However, in relation to your statement about the anery stripes you produce being sold as possibly het for hypo, let me just make sure that you (or someone else reading this post) can be clear about how that works too.

As Jimmy noted, your snakes should produce:

50% anery stripes het for hypo
25% anery stripes
and
25% ghost stripes

Now, the ghosts will be rather easily defined from their anery clutchmates, so that won't be an issue. However the anery stripes will be indistinguishable as to which ones (if any) are het for hypo. So you sell them as POSSIBLE hets, as you already concluded.

BUT...since, out of the anery stripes you will get, each INDIVIDUAL hatchling will have a 66% chance of being het for hypo (because of the 50% to 25%, or 2 to 1 expected ratio outlined above), it is legitimate to advertise these babies as 66% possible hets for hypo, as opposed to the 50% hets you would have if only one of the parents was het for hypo.

You probably already knew all of that, and if so, let me apologize for being redundant for you!

But someone else may never have understood the reasons behind the percentages before, and i thought this thread would be a good place to slip the info into place!

Good luck with them!!!
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Darin Chappell
Hillbilly Herps
PO Box 254
Rogersville, MO 65742

>>Thanks for adding that in, Darin.
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Corn snakes and rat snakes..No one can have just one.
"resistance is futile"
Jimmy (draybar)

i knew i'd have to sell them possibly het for hypo, but i did not know the percentage, so thank you for that

i still have a while before they are even old enough to breed, so..
but i like to have my facts straight before hand