If the female for example was the het and not visual, she can have retained sperm from a previous breeding season or go through parthenogenesis(asexual reproduction).Originally Posted by 4theSNAKElady
Genetically, how can this be? I mean, If I breed an albino, (m or f) who has both copies of the gene for albinism,(therefore making him an actual albino) to another snake whos completely normal, why WOULDNT my babies be all 100% het for albino? All of the babies get a copy of the gene for albinism from one parent, and a copy of non albinism from the other parent. Is it different with clowns? ghosts? axanthics? Im cornfused....
This is what I was worried about in my previous post. There are cases where a clutch was sired by the current breeding male as well as the male used the previous season.
If any of this was the case, how would you know if your hatchlings were truly hets?
If the female was the visual, of course the offspring would be 100% hets.
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