I am busy doing more research on ball python genetics. One thing I should mention so far is this. It has been said that ball pythons in the wild inbreed naturally because they can't go far from where they were born. Well, I googled around some articles on wild ball pythons. One fascinating statistic is the shear numbers and population density of wild balls- though in some cases, the population is dwendling due to overharvesting. From what I have read, there would be plenty of oportunity for balls to find unrelated or distantly related partners in their area. And check this out!
http://www.stevegorzulapresents.com/
I'm soooo going to get a copy!
Off to do more research!
Later!