Genetics

[Rex636]

Hi there I'm new to the forums and I'm just trying to get my head round genetics morphs etc could someone point me in the rite direction of some websites that explain the basics?
Much appreciated Ben

[Skittles1101]

http://www.worldofballpythons.com/

But they are moving the site right now, not sure when it will be back up but that's the place to go for every morph.

[Rex636]

Thank you

[Rex636]

Any more?

[joebad976]

Do a google search there are a lot of Genetics 101 type articles on breeders websites that are pretty good.

[JLC]

Try this on for size...

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...Basic-Genetics

[Rex636]

Thanks for the help people.

[EverEvolvingExotics]

If you want any good books to read there are always the following:

The Complete Ball Python by Kevin McCurley

or, my favorite...

Ball Pythons: The History, Natural History, Care, and Breeding by David and Tracy Barker

[Sugarbone]

Markus Jayne explains how dominant, co-dominant, and recessive morphs work pretty well (remember dominant and recessive alleles or traits in high school biology? )

http://ballpython.ca/genetics.html

Have a look at the illustrations and see if it helps you understand. A lot of popular morph bases are codom, such as spider or pastel, meaning they only need to get the pastel (or other co-dom/dom) allele from 1 parent to "show" as a pastel, whereas recessive needs the allele from both parents to show. I'm sure other places on the internet can explain it much better!

[Rex636]

It's like being back at school it's all just melting my brain !
I think it's going in slowly though