Ghost, clown, etc.?

[shelliebear]

I see a lot of Fauna classifieds ads for "het ghosts" and "het clowns". Are these morphs co-dominant (visual hets) or recessive (non visual hets)?
Hope I got the terms right.
Also, anyone have a good website of ball python morph "recipes", and which ones are recessive or co-dominant? I'd like to get to know which ones are which.
Thanks a lot.

[OhhWatALoser]

when people say something is het, its usually a recessive gene, even tho all co-doms can be hetrozygous, when its a co-dom gene people just call it the name.

hypo and clowns are recessive

lesser is co-dom and hetrozygous, but people just call em lessers.

im sure others can give you a good site, after a while you just learn em all lol

[ed4281]

Yes, they mean recessive non-visual hets. The only het that is visual is the het red axanthic. It is actually a co-dom morph, this can be very confusing. If you search morph calculator on google there are several that will clear this up for you. Also, I think nerd has a section in their web site that goes over the different morphs.

[smd58]

try worldofballpythons.com they have a genetic wizzard that should help you out.

[m00kfu]

Het is short for heterozygous, which means the snake is carrying one copy of the gene. Generally this is referring to a recessive trait as others have mentioned but isn't limited to it. As an example, a pastel is the heterozygous form of the pastel gene, while a super pastel is the homozygous form -- meaning it carries two copies of the gene.

[OhhWatALoser]

try worldofballpythons.com they have a genetic wizzard that should help you out.

kinda of a bad calc to show someone new, doesn't add %'s and doesn't do alleles, we've had a few people completly confused by it lol.

[snakesRkewl]

Yes, they mean recessive non-visual hets. The only het that is visual is the het red axanthic. It is actually a co-dom morph, this can be very confusing.

Co-doms are visual hets
Yellow belly
pastel
calico
black pastel
cinny
lesser
mojave
etc...