Difference of co-dom and dominant

[t-Roy]

examples: Pastel is co-dominant, and spider is dominant..
Yet both bred to a normal will get half the clutch to be visual morphs.. So what's the difference?

Can someone explain the differences of co dominant and dominant in ball pythons for me please? Thanks..

[mainbutter]

a co-dominant morph has a visually different homozygous form from the heterozygous form.

A homozygous dominant morph looks just the same as a heterozygous snake.

[t-Roy]

what does homozygus mean in ball python language? Im not really understanding what you're saying...

[TMoore]

co-dom
http://www.ballpython.ca/what_get/co_dominant.html

dominant
http://www.ballpython.ca/what_get/dominant.html

[JamieLynn]

I will try with an example:
Fire X Fire = black eyed lucy
Fire is a co-dominant gene, when bread with another co-dom fire it produces a "super" or the Hom of that morph.
Fire would be the Het of BEL.

Or again with Pastel a co-dom
Pastel X Pastel = Super pastel

If you look at a plain Dominant like spider
Spider X Spider = Spider
There is no "Super" form

So a Co-Dominant bread with a Co-Dominant will be a "Super" of that form.
Where as a Dominant bread with a Dominant will only be that Dominant, there is no "Super"

I hope that helped..... on the NERD website there is a spot that explains it quite well.

[mainbutter]

what does homozygus mean in ball python language? Im not really understanding what you're saying...

Those are terms used in the discussion of genetics(same as terms such as "recessive gene", "dominant gene" among others), not just ball pythons

This is a good read, should help you out a ton: http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=52847

It's not too difficult, stuff that people are normally taught in 9th grade biology class.

[JamieLynn]

I had to go find the links....
http://www.newenglandreptile.com/gen...recessive.html

http://www.newenglandreptile.com/gen...recessive.html

http://www.newenglandreptile.com/genetics_codom.html

[t-Roy]

Man all you guys are awesome.. Thank you all very much for the infos. All of them helped me learn.