Question about morphs and genders.

I am planning on purchasing a pair of ball pythons in the next month. After doing a ton of research, I know that I eventually want to make a hobby of breeding. The pair I was going to start with is a spider and a pastel.

My question ultimately is does it matter with this pairing which is the female and which is the male, given they're both single gene?

TIA for any help or guidance!

It makes no difference the spider gene is dominant and the pastel is co dom. Statistics say that 1in4 of ur baby's will b a bumble bee.
That r around the same price awsell so it make little difference. Some breeders say that the male gene is stronger and u will produce more of the father gene traits but i have seen no evidence of this nor is there any science to back up this theory


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If u get a super pastel male ( will b cheaper than a female) ur odds on producing a bee will double. And u can only produce pastels and bees


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Originally Posted by leeshawho

I am planning on purchasing a pair of ball pythons in the next month. After doing a ton of research, I know that I eventually want to make a hobby of breeding. The pair I was going to start with is a spider and a pastel.

My question ultimately is does it matter with this pairing which is the female and which is the male, given they're both single gene?

TIA for any help or guidance!

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It doesn't matter for this pairing, but it may for future ones.

Make a list of combos you want to make someday. If you see a lot of pastel based combos, you may want to get a pastel male so you can use him with multiple females. Conversely, if you see a lot of spider combos on your future wish list, you may want to get a male spider.

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Originally Posted by Jt balls

It makes no difference the spider gene is dominant and the pastel is co dom. Statistics say that 1in4 of ur baby's will b a bumble bee.
That r around the same price awsell so it make little difference. Some breeders say that the male gene is stronger and u will produce more of the father gene traits but i have seen no evidence of this nor is there any science to back up this theory

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I had a feeling this was the case, but I wanted to confirm before I made the leap. The genetics so far are leaving me a bit stumped. Definitely need to do a bit more research into how all the het percentages work, what traits are co-dom and dom, etc. :weirdface

Thanks for the replies :)

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Originally Posted by 200xth

It doesn't matter for this pairing, but it may for future ones.

Make a list of combos you want to make someday. If you see a lot of pastel based combos, you may want to get a pastel male so you can use him with multiple females. Conversely, if you see a lot of spider combos on your future wish list, you may want to get a male spider.

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I didn't even THINK to consider it this way, which is silly since I've seen so much advice in my research to look and plan ahead. Thank you! :bow:

Given this piece of advice, looks like I'm going with a male pastel/female spider.

Take a dom animal like the spider if u breed it to a normal statistically half the offspring will b spider half will b normal
Co- dom is nearly the same but it has another stage. If u have a pastel and breed it to a normal then half the clutch will b pastel half will b normal. Same as the dom. However if u breed a pastel to a pastel 1in4 of the baby's produced will b super pastel. If u breed any super pastel to a normal all of ur baby's will b pastel


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That leaves a recessive gene like a pied of example. If u take a pied and breed it to a normal. All of the offspring will look normal, but they r carriers of that gene (heterozygous or het for short). Only when u breed 2 heterozygous animal together do u produce the visual representation of that morph


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It all sound a bit complex but trust me its easy. http://www.newenglandreptile.com/gen...recessive.html


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


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