Understanding the platty gene?

Ok so I thought I had the platty gene figured out, till now. Lets see if I can make this understandable...

So Platty daddy bred to a normal will get you Lessers and het plattys where the lessers do not carry the platty gene right?

Well I was going through RDR's birthing pages and came across where he bred his Platty daddy back to one of his lesser daughters. Well he hatched out 2 plattys. Am I missing something here or just really confused about this gene? Lol.

It was clutch #8 of RDR's 04 season.

Heres the link: http://www.ralphdavisreptiles.com/bi...pythons_04.asp

Thanks!

I'm confused somewhat about it also.

I contacted Ralph about this before. He told me that a platty couldn't be produced by breeding 2 lessers together.



Wow, just checked out the link. It's from 2004. This is when I was just getting into ball pythons and I checked out Ralphy's website constantly.

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Originally Posted by Jason Bowden

I'm confused somewhat about it also.

I contacted Ralph about this before. He told me that a platty couldn't be produced by breeding 2 lessers together.

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Thats what I have heard also, from many many breeders. Makes me wounder now as there is a guy selling het plattys from his platty daddy to normal but selling the lesser sibs for $200. If ralph did the same breeding then and when he bred the platty daddy back to a lesser sib got plattys makes me wounder if those lesser sibs are, or could be, worth a lot more!

Buy them if you can!!!

Even if they prove to be just lessers, they will be great to work with.

Ok I just answered my own question. If I would have thought about it for a second longer!

The platty daddy would be carring the lesser gene and the het platty gene, then when that was bred to the lesser daughter you could get the het platty gene from the platty daddy and the lesser gene from the lesser mom which would produce the "Platty daddy".

Oops! :oops:

I don't completely understand this gene. Can you get platties from platty x platty?

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Originally Posted by bassistjon112

I don't completely understand this gene. Can you get platties from platty x platty?

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Yes. Platty x Platty would give you 50% platty, 25% super lesser and 25% super platty (not sure what that looks like).

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Originally Posted by bassistjon112

I don't completely understand this gene. Can you get platties from platty x platty?

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yes

25% BEL
50% Platty
25% homozygous daddy gene

the daddy gene or het platty gene (w/e you wanna call it) is part of the BEL complex

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Originally Posted by bassistjon112

I don't completely understand this gene. Can you get platties from platty x platty?

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Yes. Think of a platty as a super kinda like a BEL from a butter/mojo. Just replace either one with the daddy gene. From a platty to platty you can get plattys, super lessers, super daddy gene carriers. Make sense?

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Originally Posted by OhhWatALoser

yes

25% BEL
50% Platty
25% homozygous daddy gene

the daddy gene or het platty gene (w/e you wanna call it) is part of the BEL complex

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Um, yeah.