double ressesive ?

How is it a bp can be double ressesive? I thought all animals have 2 genes, The homo that you can see and the het that you can't. So do double ressesive have 3 genes, 2 hidden one showing? Especially how does one like an albino pied for example show both reccesive genes?

For your reading pleasure. http://www.newenglandreptile.com/gen...recessive.html

to answer your question, you'll need a basic lesson in genetics: http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=52847

To further explain:

Animals have more genes than you can possibly imagine. Millions? Billions of genes? I don't know the exact order of magnitude.

Picture a double helix. Usually it is pictured vertically as two long entwined strands, with horizontal lines between the two strands. Each horizontal line is an allele or pair of genes.

The gene that causes albinism are located on a different allele pair than the gene that causes the piebald pattern.

Does that clear things up? Are you still confused? I wish I remembered more of high school biology from 8 years ago(stayed away from that in college), and while I understand it I have a hard time putting it to words especially with the correct terminology.

Here's an example, take a Clown and breed it to a Hypo.... being both animals are recessive and visual, what you end up with are off spring that are both het for clown and het for hypo.... double recessive, but look like normals!

Breed them together to get a Hypo Clown....

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Originally Posted by mainbutter

to answer your question, you'll need a basic lesson in genetics: http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=52847

To further explain:

Animals have more genes than you can possibly imagine. Millions? Billions of genes? I don't know the exact order of magnitude.

Picture a double helix. Usually it is pictured vertically as two long entwined strands, with horizontal lines between the two strands. Each horizontal line is an allele or pair of genes.

The gene that causes albinism are located on a different allele pair than the gene that causes the piebald pattern.

Does that clear things up? Are you still confused? I wish I remembered more of high school biology from 8 years ago(stayed away from that in college), and while I understand it I have a hard time putting it to words especially with the correct terminology.

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that link is just what i needed :gj: