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Rydair

0.0.1 Savanna Monitor (Were guessing girl)
0.0.1 Painted Turtal
0.0.1 Red Eared Slider
1.0.0 Hampster
1.1.0 Parakeets
1.0.0 Ferret
0.1.0 African Clawed Frog
0.1.0 Cat
15 assorted fish
all in the bedroom of a 17 year old girl

Commonly used genetic slang term for the abbreviation of the prefix:"hetero",which means "different",and/or,"other"...when used in reference to genetic terminology,or,conditions,it usually refers to a "heterozygote" organism,or the presumed "heterozygous" condition of an organism.

so if a snake is 100% het than it is...?
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Rydair

0.0.1 Savanna Monitor (Were guessing girl)
0.0.1 Painted Turtal
0.0.1 Red Eared Slider
1.0.0 Hampster
1.1.0 Parakeets
1.0.0 Ferret
0.1.0 African Clawed Frog
0.1.0 Cat
15 assorted fish
all in the bedroom of a 17 year old girl

"100% hets",there is no such thing as say,a "50% het"...an animal is either heterozygous for a certain trait,or,it isn't...the phrases often used including a "percentage number" before the term "het" refer to Punnett's Square calculations,or,basic theoretical conclusions drawn from the known genetic status of the parental contributors in any given litter,and,are used to express a chance percentage probability...a simple example would be; any litter produced from an albino parent,bred to a non-gene carrier for albinism,is said to be a litter of "100% hets",(the "doubt" has been removed due to the homo. status of one parent.)Whereas,in a litter produced from two heterozygous animals,any babies that are not homozygous,(albinos,in this example.)are said to be "66% possible hets",(using the base number 16- 1/4 albino,1/4 "normal"(non-gene carriers.) 1/2 heterozygous...since the trait being used is recessive,we are unable to reasonably differentiate the "normals" from the real hets,so there is a theoretical "66% chance" of any of those 12 non albino babies to be true hets...in reality there is a reasonable assurance that some ARE hets,but,the 66% chance is not a guarantee two out of every three IS,in fact a 100% het. just a suggestion of probability based on how the trait has proven to be inherited...

Primarily used as a Sales pitch to generate residual income with-in breeder program(s)to maximize profits from animals of lesser quality.

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