I know but the longer word refers to some gene, i was trying to find out what this gene is exactly, what "look"does it give the snake
pied...better? lol :rockon:
08-25-2006, 02:54 PM
JLC
Re: Daniel1983
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Originally Posted by Waldorf_301
I know but the longer word refers to some gene, i was trying to find out what this gene is exactly, what "look"does it give the snake
pied...better? lol :rockon:
All "het" (or heterozygous) means is that the animal carries ONE of a PAIR of genes. It takes two "albino genes" to make an albino snake. If a snake is carrying one of those genes, it will look perfectly normal, but will be called "het for albino."
In most uses of the word, it means the animal looks normal, but carries the genes to create visible morph offspring if bred to the right mate.
There are some visible morphs that show up with only one side of that "pair" of genes...such as pastels or spiders. In the case of pastels...one pastel gene will give you a visible morph...and a pair of them will give you a different visible morph called the "super pastel." In this case...sometimes people will refer to the pastel as "het for super pastel."
