Morph Pairing Question

[kimmys_balls]

I have a genetics question.

A female 100% het for axanthic from an axanthic x spider clutch bred to a male 100% het for axanthic from an axanthic x 100% het axanthic clutch.

What are the possibles on this pairing? Axanthics and 50% het for spiders? I'm thinking no spiders since there will only be one gene from the male. Am I right?
Yes, I'm new at this stuff and still trying to understand!

Thanx!

[PythonChick]

Spider is a dominant morph, so if the animals you would be breeding are not spiders, then there is no chance of you ending up with spider babies, since neither of the parents have the spider gene. I believe you are trying to think of the spider gene, which is a dominant gene, as if it were a recessive gene like the axanthic gene. Since the spider gene is dominant, any animal who has the gene will show the trait.

If you breed two 100% het for axanthics together, you will get 1/4 axanthics, 1/2 50% possible het for axanthic (which will look normal), and 1/4 normal.

Hope this helps, and I hope I answered correctly. I am sure someone else will chime in with a more detailed answer.

[Patrick Long]

Spider is a dominant morph, so if the animals you would be breeding are not spiders, then there is no chance of you ending up with spider babies, since neither of the parents have the spider gene. I believe you are trying to think of the spider gene, which is a dominant gene, as if it were a recessive gene like the axanthic gene. Since the spider gene is dominant, any animal who has the gene will show the trait.

If you breed two 100% het for axanthics together, you will get 1/4 axanthics, 1/2 50% possible het for axanthic (which will look normal), and 1/4 normal.

Hope this helps, and I hope I answered correctly. I am sure someone else will chime in with a more detailed answer.

tis true

[Gary Orner]

Het to het would produce if you have four eggs. and a perfect breakdown.

1 axanthic
2 100% het axanthic
1 Normal

You could not tell the hets from the normal so that would make them 66% het.

you would not get any 50% possible hets.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

What are the possibles on this pairing?

Het Axanthic X Het Axanthic = 25% Axanthic + 50% Het Axanthic + 25% Normal

Normal looking offsprings are considered 66% Het Axanthic

http://www.ballpython.ca/what_get/recessive.html