I have a simple question...

im not sure. it's been a long time since i knew that. sorry, can't help you there. do you think im lieing?

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Originally Posted by mr~python

im not sure. it's been a long time since i knew that. sorry, can't help you there. do you think im lieing?

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Lieing? No Maybe a bit confusing
Can you explain this to me better?

"that is incorrect. that's just statistics, its not definite. all of them can be normals or all of them can be het albino."

Marshall's saying that, because even with the statistics, each baby has their own chance of being one or the other. .....Say you have four babies--just because the first one is one of the 25% normal, doesn't mean that another baby CAN'T be a normal. The punnet square will tell you the odds in a perfect world, but since you can't choose which gamete would give you het vs. which one would give you albino or normal, it's just to help figure the probabilities of what the babies could be.

It's not like the lottery, that when the number 47 is chosen, it can't be chosen again for that same drawing. Each baby has it's own 1 in 4 chance of being either normal OR albino.

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Originally Posted by sweety314

Marshall's saying that, because even with the statistics, each baby has their own chance of being one or the other. .....Say you have four babies--just because the first one is one of the 25% normal, doesn't mean that another baby CAN'T be a normal. The punnet square will tell you the odds in a perfect world, but since you can't choose which gamete would give you het vs. which one would give you albino or normal, it's just to help figure the probabilities of what the babies could be.

It's not like the lottery, that when the number 47 is chosen, it can't be chosen again for that same drawing. Each baby has it's own 1 in 4 chance of being either normal OR albino.

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That cleared up nothing in my mind....
thanks anyways

Hmmmmmmm Okay.....If you have 25 numbers in a lottery, you have 1/25 of getting the 1, 1/25 of getting the 2 and once that number's chosen, you can't choose it again until a new lottery drawing.


Genes are different. When a gene splits, it can be either the a or the A (if the snake is Aa). But once that a or A gene is used up for one baby in the litter, there are still other a's or A's available for the other babies in the litter. So each snake has it's OWN chance of being either a or A.

Does that help more?

So lets put this in these terms
You breed a het albino to a normal. You get 4 babies(not possible in redtails I know).
2 would be het
2 would be normal therefore making 50% POS het albino babies

You breed a 100% het albino to a 100% het albino and you have 4 babies(Again not possible in rtb).
1 would be albino
2 would be het
1 would be normal therefore making 66% hets

Correct?

Yes, because until you crossed your AA (normal) to an albino, you wouldn't be able to prove that it's NOT a possible het carrier of an "a" gene. If when crossing to your albino you DID get an albino, then you know that your "normal" is actually het.

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Originally Posted by sweety314

Yes, because until you crossed your AA (normal) to an albino, you wouldn't be able to prove that it's NOT a possible het carrier of an "a" gene. If when crossing to your albino you DID get an albino, then you know that your "normal" is actually het.

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Were talking about a Het Albino to a normal correct?

Yes, but wouldn't you eventually want to prove out your het? In order to do that in the fewest number of generations, you'll have to cross back to an albino (for a earlier result).

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Originally Posted by Pork Chops N' Corn Bread

So lets put this in these terms
You breed a het albino to a normal. You get 4 babies(not possible in redtails I know).
2 would be het
2 would be normal therefore making 50% POS het albino babies

You breed a 100% het albino to a 100% het albino and you have 4 babies(Again not possible in rtb).
1 would be albino
2 would be het
1 would be normal therefore making 66% hets

Correct?

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no, that is not correct.

you breed a het albino to a normal:
each baby has a fifty percent chance of being het (2/4 = 50%)
each baby also has a fifty percent chance of being normal.
now, this doesn't mean out of four babys 2 will be normal and 2 will be het, it just means each baby has a 50% chance of being normal OR heterozygous. 3 babys could be normal and one could be heterozygous, etc., etc.

now, you breed a 100% het. albino too another 100% het. albino:
each baby has a 25% chance being an albino, 50% chance of being het and a 25% chance of being normal. its all about chance, and sweety is right when she says its like the lottery.