Quote Originally Posted by ballbreeder View Post
Just wondering if anyone knows of any official genetic research conducted with ball pythons. It seems that there would be a lot to learn about genetics in general, just by studying an animal that is a hot bed for different genetic strains. Not to mention the information that linked genes, crossing over, and if hemizygous genes (yes, that's hemizygous, not homo or hetero) play a role in ball pythons as they do in most species.
Genetic mapping is a laborious & expensive process- I doubt it will be done for Python Regius. However it has been done for Humans, interesting stuff.

Here's some info on it:
http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresource...ome/home.shtml