Het-het

Does a het to het cross just give you all hets? or do u get half of the babies are hets and the other half are actually homozygous?

All per egg:
50% possibility of heterozygous form.
25% possibility of homozygous form.
25% possibility non-carrier.

thank you

So the non carrier would never produce antyhing but normals even bred to a homozygous partner? thats crazy that it works that way.:confused:

Yes. All per egg, not per clutch.

Here's an example:
Consider the scenario that someone is selling snakes that are all possibly het for a recessive trait. They could all be het, or they could all be non-carriers.

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Originally Posted by AlbinoBob

So the non carrier would never produce antyhing but normals even bred to a homozygous partner? thats crazy that it works that way.:confused:

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Every egg from that pairing would be het.

Here's another example:
Normal, or any morph that's not albino X albino = all eggs het. for albino.

Oh so out of 4 eggs you would typically have one hatchling who showed the trait (albino..pied, ect..) and 3 that either were all 3 hets, or all 3 that were non carriers... correct? But not one that showed the trait, one that didnt carry and 2 that were hets?

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Originally Posted by AlbinoBob

Oh so out of 4 eggs you would typically have one hatchling who showed the trait (albino..pied, ect..) and 3 that either were all 3 hets, or all 3 that were non carriers... correct? But not one that showed the trait, one that didnt carry and 2 that were hets?

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For the example of het X het, no. The clutch could be any combination of homozygous, heterozygous, or non-carrier. They could even be all homozygous, all het, or all non-carrier.

...OR you could get something completely different because the dam retained sperm from a prior pairing to a different male with different genes.

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Originally Posted by LizardPants

Here's another example:
Normal, or any morph that's not albino X albino = all eggs het. for albino.

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could you re phrase this... thanks again, you are being a great help!

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Originally Posted by AlbinoBob

could you re phrase this... thanks again, you are being a great help!

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Sure. :) Pair a snake with the homozygous form to a non-carrier, all of the offspring will be heterozygous (assuming no sperm retention).

I'm happy to be of assistance.

The only other thing that would cause an outcome other than an all het. from that pairing, would be linked genes. However, with balls I don't think that will come into play with any currently known morphs and basic combinations. Some breeders have hypothesized linkages, but I don't think any have been proven at this time.