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can a normal BP from a spider clutch have characteristics of a spider?

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Originally Posted by jacob985

can a normal BP from a spider clutch have characteristics of a spider?

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good question and i guess i mean wont it be het for spider?

therefore have some spider genetics

From what I know of Ball Python genetics, (Im a Blood Python Guy)

Spiders are Co-Dom

So in a clutch, you have....

Normals

Spiders

Post a picture of the one your curious about

The normals wont have any wobbles as its just the spider gene itself. Your fine breeding a spider to a normal and yes 2kdime is right with the results you'll get.

No, spider is a single mutant gene. The normals in a spider clutch are simply normal. They don't have the gene, thus they don't have spider traits.

okay cus i was comparing my two normals and the one that came from the spider clutch actually resembled a spider

Could we see pictures?

maybe one day soon i loaned out my camera and waiting to get it back. it would be useful

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Originally Posted by jacob985

okay cus i was comparing my two normals and the one that came from the spider clutch actually resembled a spider

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sounds like a banded/reduced pattern...

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Originally Posted by alan1

sounds like a banded/reduced pattern...

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I agree, it can only be normal or spider, if it's normal an resembles a spider than I'd have to agree with you it's most likely a reduced pattern normal, what did the Normal parent look like, do you have pictures of him/her?

no i do not but yea a reduced pattern would make since i didn't think about that one.

There is no such thing as a Het. Spider. :gj:

Nor is there any Het. Co-dominant traits. (Heterozygous only applies non-visually to recessive traits. If a Co-Dominant animal is Heterozygous, it displays that trait and it's super form is Homozygous).

So, if there is a 'normal' ball python hatchling from a Co-Dominant breeding, it is just that, normal. (this includes Pastels, Mojaves, Spiders, Pinstripes, Fires, Lessers, Butters, and all other co-dom traits).

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Originally Posted by blackcrystal22

(Heterozygous only applies non-visually to recessive traits. ).

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incorrect...
heterozygous means 'one', homozygous means 'the same'

a pastel is 'het' for super pastel
a yellowbelly is 'het' for ivory
a fire is 'het' for BlakEL (2 'the same' fire genes)... etc

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Originally Posted by alan1

incorrect...
heterozygous means 'one', homozygous means 'the same'

a pastel is 'het' for super pastel
a yellowbelly is 'het' for ivory
a fire is 'het' for BlakEL (2 'the same' fire genes)... etc

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What? No, that's not quite right, either. 'Hetero' means 'different'- as in the individual has two different genes for that allele.

You are correct that whether an individual is heterozygous or not is irrelevant to the genetic disposition of the trait- you can be 'het' for a codominant trait or a recessive one. 'Het' simply refers to the fact that the individual carries two different genes.

only one (out of a possible two) is the same as 'different' yes?