Quote Originally Posted by JenH View Post
This makes me think that YB and spector are not on the same allelle but maybe a gene combination? But if that was the case, they would be able to reproduce themselves... Wow... This goes against everything I've learned about genetics....

Anyone see any patterns with the sex of the snakes? Maybe it is a sex linked trait?
I don't think it's anything like that, I think there is simply more to the genetics of ball pythons than we think. If anything think about how many "Not genetic" mutations that are out there that may in fact be genetic but they just don't carry the "Genetic code" needed to recreate themselves without a 3rd party gene.