Wich morph is this?

[thomasK]

Found this one when i was looking on the net
they call it a paradox albino, anybody know what genes it has?

http://www.cbballpythons.com/images/265.JPG

[JLC]

As far as predictable genetics...it just has "albino" genes and that is it. Why such animals have patches of dark colored pigment coming through is a mystery. It's called "paradox" because it's not supposed to be there.

[norse79]

This is not genetically reproduceable. It happens when to genes for 2 different offspring fuse together. Think of it as the opposite of having identical twins. It actually is a birth "defect". Not that anything is wrong with the animal. They are healthy.

[steveboos]

Yeah actually most breeders wont sell their paradox's since they are so rare and cool. But no it's not genetic, that's just a $300 Albino which just happened to fuse together with a het albino in the egg.

On the other note, that paradox is insane!! Almost 50% normal, 50% albino, awesome!!

[muddoc]

This is not genetically reproduceable. It happens when to genes for 2 different offspring fuse together. Think of it as the opposite of having identical twins. It actually is a birth "defect". Not that anything is wrong with the animal. They are healthy.

It may be considered a birth "defect" in Ball Pythons, but paradox Albinism is a proven genetically inheritable trait in some other snake species.

[thomasK]

Oooh poor thing, tough it looks good on him/her

[BAMReptiles]

tim i was gunna post the same thing but you beat me to it.

iirc there was one breeder who through lots of holdbacks and line breeding had started to get predictable or at least an increased number of paradox albinos, but i couldnt tell you names or anything, it was sometime last year or so that i read it

[Domepiece]

Its a Chimera and the definition is as follows.n From wikipedia.

A chimera is an animal that has two or more different populations of genetically distinct cells that originated in different zygotes involved with sexual reproduction; if the different cells emerged from the same zygote, it is called a mosaicism. Chimeras are formed from four parent cells (two fertilized eggs or early embryos fused together). Each population of cells keeps its own character and the resulting animal is a mixture of tissues. Chimeras are typically seen in non-human zoology, but also discovered to a rare extent in humans.

This condition is either inherited, or it is acquired through the infusion of allogeneic hematopoietic cells during transplantation or transfusion. In nonidentical twins, chimerism occurs by means of blood-vessel anastomoses. The likelihood of offspring being a chimera is increased if it is created via in vitro fertilization. Chimeras can often breed, but the fertility and type of offspring depends on which cell line gave rise to the ovaries or testes; varying degrees of intersexuality may result if one set of cells is genetically female and another genetically male.