Why?

[dkoehl26]

What I don't like is the wording "X" het for "X" can be taken a few different ways. and then people want to argue if its het lucy or het lesser, in reality, its saying the exact same thing since its the same gene, being called heterozygous.

Lesser - Heterozygous
Lucy - Homozygous
boom, end of story, no confussion

I think the problem is actually the people jumping into this hobby and not learning genetics 101, seems like everyone knows what dominant, co-dominant, or recessive means, but doesn't know what heterozygous or homozygous means. het and homo are as basic as it gets, its like learning multiplication before addition, you can do it, but its a lot less confusing if you know the basics.

How many times have you herd someone say their "het pastel" and someone pips up and says "there no such thing as a het pastel, its a co-dom" ...... i would advise you learn the basics, just because our lingo shortens or removes words, still doesn't change the fact that every pastel, is in fact a het pastel.

I am not arguing the point of that I understand the genetics and know what het and homo means, the thing that urcs me is that some of these breeders are selling them more cause they are calling them a het. I know that lesser is the heterzygouse form and lucy is the homo, but to sell the snake for 100 dollars more then what is worth is not right. That is my problem with it.