x% Het ?

[JibbaJabba]

I wonder, if someone says the snake is a 50% Het Lesser, does this means there is a 50% CHANCE that he is a het ?

[llovelace]

There are no hets for lessers.

[JibbaJabba]

There are no hets for lessers.

HET Albino ...

[llovelace]

I've never seen a het albino listed as 50%, only 100% het albino, find out what produced it

[JibbaJabba]

50% was just an example. I am trying to understand what that means in general ..

[Whoodnballs]

wouldn't a albino crossed with a 100% het albino make a 50% het albino?

[gianni]

percentage indicate the probability for a normal to be an het for recessive gene.

if you breed an het albino and a normal you can obtain all normals 50% het albino, to know if a normal hatched from het albinoxnormal is an het or a simple normal you have to breed with het albinos or albinos hatching some visuals or no one.

wouldn't a albino crossed with a 100% het albino make a 50% het albino?

het x visual produce only hets and visuals, if you breed an het albino and an albino all the normals you obtain are surely het albino, in that case the percentage indicate the probability to hatch a visual or an het (50% het and 50% homozygous).

[llovelace]

yes, I agree with above, gotta go, went to check on new heat tape tape that I put in rack, and one of the new girls I got in June laid eggs.

[JibbaJabba]

percentage indicate the probability for a normal to be an het for recessive gene.

if you breed an het albino and a normal you can obtain all normals 50% het albino, to know if a normal hatched from het albinoxnormal is an het or a simple normal you have to breed with het albinos or albinos hatching some visuals or no one.


het x visual produce only hets and visuals, if you breed an het albino and an albino all the normals you obtain are surely het albino, in that case the percentage indicate the probability to hatch a visual or an het (50% het and 50% homozygous).

So I would indeed call the offspring of an Albino/BEL

100% Lesser Het Albino

[RandyRemington]

I would word it differently and call it a "Lesser, 100% het albino". All lessers are hets for the lesser mutation (i.e. they have a mismatched pair of genes at that location, the definition of heterozygous) but since they are visual hets it doesn't make since to apply a % after they hatch. But still best to be explicit on what the "het" part of the name goes with.