Im thinking about a pair of poss 50% het piebalds. If I breed them and there isnt a homo piebald in the clutch does that mean one or both of the hets dont carry the gene? Or is there a possibility that I just didnt hit the 50% chance? Secondly, if there isnt a homo piebald in the cluth are the normal looking pythons hets or just normal looking pythons. Im sorry if these are stupid questions but Im not the best in genetics. I need to buy the "Genetics for Idiots" book.
Thanks,
James
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Two Het Questions
jtmb85
Feb 09, 2005 06:25 PM
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toshamc
Feb 09, 2005 06:42 PM
If you don't see the visible het by the second clutch then you can assume one or both of them don't carry the gene. I beleive the offspring would be "possible het for pied" (or maybe 25% het?) but I'm not 100% certain on that, it'd be hard to assume what genes are there at that point.
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