Double Recessive Traits? How does that work?

[BaLLPAddICT]

Double Recessive Traits? How does that work? I don't understand. I know how the co-dominant and dominate work and the simple recessive but not this. Can someone please help me here? Thank You!

[stangs13]

It basicly taking 2 simple ressesive traits and breedintg thme together.You get 2 simple ressesive traits in one. Like the albino pied.

[BaLLPAddICT]

I dont think so. Look at this page. That wouldn't make any sense.
http://www.newenglandreptile.com/gen...recessive.html

[Evan Jamison]

Check this out

-Evan

[stangs13]

I dont think so. Look at this page. That wouldn't make any sense.
http://www.newenglandreptile.com/gen...recessive.html

Its exactly what I said. Just in bigger words. And alittle more indepth.

[BaLLPAddICT]

What are the genes for an Axanthic ball? I thought all morphs had one gene, the homozygous. And the others were mixed morphs (genes). Not true?

[Evan Jamison]

What are the genes for an Axanthic ball? I thought all morphs had one gene, the homozygous. And the others were mixed morphs (genes). Not true?

Huh?! Not following you here.....BPs (and most animals for that matter) have two copies of each gene, one inherited from each parent. Homozygous just means the animal has two copies of the same gene at a certain loci (location on the chromosome) they could could both be normal genes or both be abberant genes. The axanthic trait is recessive to the wild type (normal) gene, so if an animal is heterozygous for the axanthic trait it will be normal looking.

-Evan

[stangs13]

What are the genes for an Axanthic ball? I thought all morphs had one gene, the homozygous. And the others were mixed morphs (genes). Not true?

Axanthic is a ressesive trait..meaning it takes 2 het animals to produce an axanthic.

[BaLLPAddICT]

check out this page http://ballpython.com/page.php?topic=genetically3 The genes for both Albino and Axanthic are confusing me when it gets to the square on breeding those two morphs together.

[BaLLPAddICT]

Ooh. So, what would need to be breed to make an Axanthic morph?