What's the difference

[Jenn]

I know I could find this information if I looked for a bit. But just looking for the simple way out this time.

Whats the difference in the offspring between a normal male and a morph female, and a normal female and a morph male?

[extensive]

what exactly are you asking? i think i understand but it will be different with what morph it is (recessive, codom or dom)

[RogueStar]

Regardless of the morph, the result if always the same.

If the morph is simple recessive, all hatchlings will be het for that morph.
If the morph is co-dominant, 50% of them will be normal and 50% morphs.
If the morph is a super form of a co-dominant morph, all hatchlings will be het forms of the trait.

Of dominant traits I'm not sure though...

Please correct me if I'm wrong!

[RogueStar]

Sorry, I presented that a little weird, it does depend on what the morphs genotype is on what the outcome is, but it doesn't matter which is the female and which is the male.

[PythonWallace]

There is no different in the offspring. The genetics aren't effected by the sex of the parents. The only difference in cases where you want to breed the offspring back to a parent, you will save a couple of years if the mother is the morph, because the male offspring will likely be ready to breed to breed after 1 year, or even sooner. The female offspring won't likely be breedable for 2-3 years. On the other hand, If the mother is the morph you can only breed one of her sons to her for one clutch, whereas if the father is the morph you can breed him to as many female offspring he has.

[extensive]

you are right, the OP's question is just vague.

[rabernet]

I believe she's asking if it makes any difference in the results if the morph to a normal pairing is male or female. And no - there's no difference, your odds are exactly the same.

[kc261]

Yes the results would be the same, unless there was a sex-linked trait.

AFAIK, there aren't any of those that are known in ball pythons. But in theory we could find one someday.

[littleindiangirl]

Do you mean why do females cost so much more than males?

[Jenn]

Thanks a bunch everyone. That answers my question. I was curious if it made a difference which one was the morph, the male or the female. But now I'm curious why you can cross only one male offspring back with the mother? Yet all females back to a father?