Quote Originally Posted by jfreels View Post
You think you could go to a reptile show and identify hets without knowing the breeding pair?

Genotype codes for the phenotype, so yes, that's exactly what happens. I think you're missing the broader stance of my statement. I'm not saying that in a lab, an unexpressed gene could not be identified. I'm saying that online or in person, you could not identify what unexpressed genes a snake is carrying by simply a visual reference.

What would be the response to someone posting a thread titled, "New BP, what is he/she het for?"
Are you wrong often or is it just here?

I'd guess that a good percentage of the members of this site who have more than a dozen or so snakes, have hets that carry visual identifiable regularly seen markers that are an indication of the trait they carry.

Maybe you can't tell hets from normals and I'm not saying that all hets have markers, but your statement is wrong. There are some who can, some that do, and the proof is in the babies.

Perhaps idiots was not the best word to use.