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I am getting a female Hypo from an albino mother and F2 father. She will be 50% Het for albino. Could anyone tell me what kind of neonates should I be expected to produce in the event they where to mate.
I thank you in anticipation for any comments.
Joe

>I am getting a female Hypo from an albino mother and F2 father. She will be 50% Het for albino. Could anyone tell me what kind of neonates should I be expected to produce in the event they where to mate.

I assume this is a boa constrictor. If a different species, then disregard the rest of this post.

As she shows hypo (salmon) and her mother did not, then she must be heterozygous salmon (with a salmon mutant gene paired with a normal gene). If this female is from an albino mother, then she is heterozygous albino, not 50% probability heterozygous albino.

No mention of the male she will be mated to. That makes things a bit harder.

If she is mated to a normal, then statistically, half the babies will be hypos and half will be normal looking. All the babies will be 50% probability heterozygous albino.

If she is mated to a hypo, then statistically, 3/4 of the babies will be hypos or homozygous hypos. The other 1/4 will look normal. All the babies will be 50% probability heterozygous albino.

If she is mated to an albino, then statistically, 1/4 of the babies will be albino hypos (aka sunglow), 1/4 hypos that are heterozygous albinos, 1/4 albino, and 1/4 normallooking heterozygous albinos.

If she is mated to a heterozygous albino, then statistically, 1/8 of the babies will be albino hypos (aka sunglow), 3/8 hypos that are 66% probability heterozygous albinos, 1/8 albino, and 3/8 normallooking boas that are 66% probability heterozygous albinos.

I'd mate her to a sunglow or an albino if possible. If not, then, in the order of desirable outcomes, I'd mate her to a heterozygous albino followed by an anerythristic, then by a heterozygous anerythristic, and with a normal dead last. YMMV.

Paul Hollander