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Ghost, clown, etc.?

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  • 09-26-2010, 07:52 PM
    shelliebear
    Ghost, clown, etc.?
    I see a lot of Fauna classifieds ads for "het ghosts" and "het clowns". Are these morphs co-dominant (visual hets) or recessive (non visual hets)?
    Hope I got the terms right. :oops: :oops:
    Also, anyone have a good website of ball python morph "recipes", and which ones are recessive or co-dominant? I'd like to get to know which ones are which.
    Thanks a lot. :) :gj:
  • 09-26-2010, 08:07 PM
    OhhWatALoser
    when people say something is het, its usually a recessive gene, even tho all co-doms can be hetrozygous, when its a co-dom gene people just call it the name.

    hypo and clowns are recessive

    lesser is co-dom and hetrozygous, but people just call em lessers.

    im sure others can give you a good site, after a while you just learn em all lol
  • 09-26-2010, 08:30 PM
    ed4281
    Re: Ghost, clown, etc.?
    Yes, they mean recessive non-visual hets. The only het that is visual is the het red axanthic. It is actually a co-dom morph, this can be very confusing. If you search morph calculator on google there are several that will clear this up for you. Also, I think nerd has a section in their web site that goes over the different morphs.
  • 09-26-2010, 09:29 PM
    smd58
    Re: Ghost, clown, etc.?
    try worldofballpythons.com they have a genetic wizzard that should help you out.
  • 09-26-2010, 09:32 PM
    m00kfu
    Het is short for heterozygous, which means the snake is carrying one copy of the gene. Generally this is referring to a recessive trait as others have mentioned but isn't limited to it. As an example, a pastel is the heterozygous form of the pastel gene, while a super pastel is the homozygous form -- meaning it carries two copies of the gene.
  • 09-26-2010, 10:19 PM
    OhhWatALoser
    Re: Ghost, clown, etc.?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by smd58 View Post
    try worldofballpythons.com they have a genetic wizzard that should help you out.

    kinda of a bad calc to show someone new, doesn't add %'s and doesn't do alleles, we've had a few people completly confused by it lol.
  • 09-27-2010, 11:19 PM
    snakesRkewl
    Re: Ghost, clown, etc.?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by ed4281 View Post
    Yes, they mean recessive non-visual hets. The only het that is visual is the het red axanthic. It is actually a co-dom morph, this can be very confusing.

    Co-doms are visual hets ;)
    Yellow belly
    pastel
    calico
    black pastel
    cinny
    lesser
    mojave
    etc...
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