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[Simpson Balls]

What if i breed my 100% Het Albino Red Tailed Boas together. what are the odds I'd get Albino,Normal and 100%

Daniel

[dc4teg]

should be 25% of offspring but im not sure

[JimiSnakes]

You'd get 1/4 litter albinos, 1/4 litter normals, and 1/2 litter hets. Since you can't tell the difference between the normals and the hets, all the normal appearing boas will be 66% Possible Hets.

[Simpson Balls]

How the hell do you even tell if there Hets?

[LadyOhh]

How the hell do you even tell if there Hets?

Is hell really necessary in your question??

You CAN'T

Since you can't tell the difference between the normals and the hets, all the normal appearing boas will be 66% Possible Hets.

[mainbutter]

The only way to find out if a possible het is actually heterozygous for a particular recessive morph is to breed it to a gene carrier for that morph and produce visual homozygous snakes.

This is called "proving out" a poss. het.

[JLC]

Try this link:

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showthread.php?t=52847

I make no claims to its scientific precision, but it seems to help folks visualize the basics of how recessive genes work. Ball pythons are used in the illustrations and discussion, but the same principles apply to recessive traits in boas as well.

[Simpson Balls]

Thanks everyone,

sorry for saying H**L

Daniel