Would lesser x normal = normal het lesser? :)

Sorry for an idiot question, just beginning my collection to hopefully breed when the age is right already :) Getting this normal today, it's parents are lesser and a normal. Would that make it het lesser? :)

Getting the one on the left which has a slightly reduced pattern.

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Lessers are co-domenent not recessive. Its a lesser or it isn't. There is a morph guide in the forum section. It lists a lot of them with pictures for you. :)

This is from the forum:

The Lesser is a co-dominate color morph very similar to the Butter. Many believe they are different lines of of the same mutation because they both have a Blue Eyed Leucistic as their super form, even when bred together. The two have different histories, though, and are descended from two different wild-caught animals out of Africa.

The Lesser was first produced by Ralph Davis in 2001. The original wild-caught animal was a stunning morph Ralph named "Platinum". When trying to determine whether or not the Platinum was dominant or recessive, Ralph was surprised to discover it was neither. The babies produced by the original Platinum (Or "Platty Daddy" as it became known) were either normals or a different morph that looked similar but not the same as the Platinum. Ralph called them "Lesser Platinums". Since then, the name has been most commonly shortened to just Lesser. It turns out the Platinum is a combo morph in which the other component is "hidden" in the normal offspring. A "normal" sibling bred back to the Lesser will produce a snake like the Platty Daddy.

I don't know anyone working with the platty daddy project right now but maybe the'll pop in and explain.

Copy, Thanks :) Well it just produced a unique looking normal I guess :) I always wanted a normal since I lost my last one..

Thanks again!

Just tossing this out there...you said "it's" parents...do you know if this BP is male or female? I personally would not invest in a normal male if you plan to breed. I would get a normal female and then spend the money and get a nice stud male. Just my 2 cents, the only snake I own that is not in my breeding program is my original normal male I got at a pet store, I love him, but no point in breeding him.

As was stated, Lessers are codoms...not recessives. Definately do some homework on genetics to better understand the different percentages of breeding what to what. Your snake (in the photo) is a normal. No other genes in there. So don't let them charge you more because they are telling you one of the parents was a Lesser. I have heard of some people doing that which is not right. This is an awesome forum with a ton of great information. Best of luck to you with your breeding project!

Got. Thanks. She is a female :). Don't plan on getting any normal males also :)

Thanks for the info everyone :)

Good reading material....

http://www.newenglandreptile.com/genetics_codom.html
http://www.newenglandreptile.com/gen...recessive.html

Sweeet, thanks for the links! I will read up the. They will surely
Help me up my collection expansion!


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