What the heck is this?

[MorphMaster]

Hmmmm....things to ponder.

I did see a really cool Fire/OG combo on the genetic wizard.

The parents were supposedly Fire/OG but I'm confused about the recessive issue.

Would the Fire have had to been recessive for OG?

[my brain hurts]

So this is how it works. Anything recessive that shows the trait carries the homozygous allele. To obtain this the heterozygous allele, or homozygous allele has to be carried on both parents. So an albino that looks albino is homozygous. If it is het. or heterozygous for albino then it does not show it in the phenotype, bu it is still present in the genotype. So with recessives, both parents have to carry the trait; whether it be heterozygous or not, to be shown in its offspring. The prefix homo means same, hetero= different. A homozygous ghost bred to a normal will produce all normal offspring, but they will all have the same ghost gene. You would then need to breed a het to a het, or homo to produce the visual (phenotype). I know it's a lot, but once you get it, it's very easy

[Salamander Rising]

So this is how it works. Anything recessive that shows the trait carries the homozygous allele. To obtain this the heterozygous allele, or homozygous allele has to be carried on both parents. So an albino that looks albino is homozygous. If it is het. or heterozygous for albino then it does not show it in the phenotype, bu it is still present in the genotype. So with recessives, both parents have to carry the trait; whether it be heterozygous or not, to be shown in its offspring. The prefix homo means same, hetero= different. A homozygous ghost bred to a normal will produce all normal offspring, but they will all have the same ghost gene. You would then need to breed a het to a het, or homo to produce the visual (phenotype). I know it's a lot, but once you get it, it's very easy

It's weird...I can "get" most of the genetics but the hypo jazz just throws me.

In dog coat color, 'hypo' would mean 'dilute' and I could understand that...but the dilution is uniform.

I'm not getting the snake so I reckon I can just "ignore" hypo completely.