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Het-het

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  • 03-10-2011, 11:16 PM
    AlbinoBob
    Het-het
    Does a het to het cross just give you all hets? or do u get half of the babies are hets and the other half are actually homozygous?
  • 03-10-2011, 11:42 PM
    LizardPants
    All per egg:
    50% possibility of heterozygous form.
    25% possibility of homozygous form.
    25% possibility non-carrier.
  • 03-10-2011, 11:47 PM
    AlbinoBob
    thank you
  • 03-10-2011, 11:55 PM
    AlbinoBob
    So the non carrier would never produce antyhing but normals even bred to a homozygous partner? thats crazy that it works that way.:confused:
  • 03-10-2011, 11:57 PM
    LizardPants
    Yes. All per egg, not per clutch.

    Here's an example:
    Consider the scenario that someone is selling snakes that are all possibly het for a recessive trait. They could all be het, or they could all be non-carriers.
  • 03-11-2011, 12:01 AM
    LizardPants
    Re: Het-het
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by AlbinoBob View Post
    So the non carrier would never produce antyhing but normals even bred to a homozygous partner? thats crazy that it works that way.:confused:

    Every egg from that pairing would be het.
  • 03-11-2011, 12:04 AM
    LizardPants
    Here's another example:
    Normal, or any morph that's not albino X albino = all eggs het. for albino.
  • 03-11-2011, 12:07 AM
    AlbinoBob
    Oh so out of 4 eggs you would typically have one hatchling who showed the trait (albino..pied, ect..) and 3 that either were all 3 hets, or all 3 that were non carriers... correct? But not one that showed the trait, one that didnt carry and 2 that were hets?
  • 03-11-2011, 12:16 AM
    LizardPants
    Re: Het-het
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by AlbinoBob View Post
    Oh so out of 4 eggs you would typically have one hatchling who showed the trait (albino..pied, ect..) and 3 that either were all 3 hets, or all 3 that were non carriers... correct? But not one that showed the trait, one that didnt carry and 2 that were hets?

    For the example of het X het, no. The clutch could be any combination of homozygous, heterozygous, or non-carrier. They could even be all homozygous, all het, or all non-carrier.
  • 03-11-2011, 12:17 AM
    LizardPants
    ...OR you could get something completely different because the dam retained sperm from a prior pairing to a different male with different genes.
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