I'm wondering if one of my BP's is maybe a vanilla. She looks a LOT like every vanilla picture I have ever seen, right down to the faded mark on top of her head.
So, my question is this: without buying a vanilla, how could I find out if she is vanilla?
Would breeding her to a normal, then breeding one of the babies back to her work? I think vanilla is co-dom, so would all of the babies be vanillas?
If not, is it just luck of the draw which one you breed back to the mother? Like you kinda just pick one and cross your fingers that if it looks like her, it might be the same?
Also, is inbreeding them, i.e. son to mother, a bad idea? Will this produce any abnormalities down the line? I understand that this is where the morphs come from (inbreeding), but I am just double checking.
(And I wonder why in people it causes defects, but doesn't seem to in snakes?)
Thanks guys. Sorry I'm such a noob at genetics.