Quote Originally Posted by nevohraalnavnoj View Post
Each parent has a 1/2 chance of throwing their co-dom gene. So half the babies will get the mojave gene, half the pastel. Because these events are independent, it works out that

25% will be normal
25% pastel
25% mojo
25% mojo-pastel


JonV
Okay guys, these percentages are killing me. I just can't seem to get my head around this genetics thing. I'll go to super simple. PASTEL X PASTEL. Both snakes have a pastel and a normal gene. When you say 1/2 chance of throwing a co-dom gene... you really didn't mean that you will ALWAYS have HALF the babies getting the pastel gene right? You really meant to say EACH EGG has a 50% chance of becoming a pastel? So, if you are completely an unlucky sort of chap, you could POSSIBLY get an entire clutch of ALL normals. Right??? Or, on the flip-side, if you are the luckiest guy in the world you can have an ENTIRE clutch of super-pastels???

If that's the case, then it really is not a good thing to say 25% WILL BE normal because it is misleading, but more like each egg has a 25% CHANCE of being normal, right?

Or am I really completely wrong on this matter?