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    What is f/t, what is herp

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    sorry, i know what herp is i mean, waht is f/t and what is het?

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    F/T = Frozen / Thawed
    Herp = Herpetology (The study of reptiles)
    Het = Heterozygous

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    i know what herp is but i still dont get het

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    Het stands for the genetic combination of genes forming an allele for a specific trait. Combining alleles will yield different morphs of Ball Pythons, such as the normals, spiders, bald pies, and even the recent scale-less BPs.

    In humans, the most common analogy for this type of genetic combination is eye color. Depending upon your parent's eye colors, your chances of having a certain eye color can vary.

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    Het means it carries a recessive gene but is unseen. When bred to another het of the same gene you can produce a visual of that gene.
    Albino is one example


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    Re: ??????

    Quote Originally Posted by Crazymonkee View Post
    Het means it carries a recessive gene but is unseen. When bred to another het of the same gene you can produce a visual of that gene.
    Albino is one example


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    Not necessarily. Pastels, spiders, mojaves, and all those morphs that we call co-dominant are all heterozygous (AKA 'Hets'). Alleles of particular genes come in pairs, if both alleles are identical then that particular gene locus is termed homozygous, if they are different from each other then it is called heterozygous. The terms heterozygous or homozygous have nothing to do with whether or not a trait is recessive or dominant or incomplete dominant (co-dominant).
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    Re: ??????

    Quote Originally Posted by MarkS View Post
    Not necessarily. Pastels, spiders, mojaves, and all those morphs that we call co-dominant are all heterozygous (AKA 'Hets'). Alleles of particular genes come in pairs, if both alleles are identical then that particular gene locus is termed homozygous, if they are different from each other then it is called heterozygous. The terms heterozygous or homozygous have nothing to do with whether or not a trait is recessive or dominant or incomplete dominant (co-dominant).
    Yes I understand that but most times when you something advertised as a "het" it is dealing with recessives, that is what I meant without getting into everything that goes with it.
    Nobody really advertises yellow bellys as het ivory.

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    Re: ??????

    Quote Originally Posted by Crazymonkee View Post
    Nobody really advertises yellow bellys as het ivory.

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    LOL, actualy people do.
    I think it's a little strange, but I've seen a number of ads selling YBs as 'het ivory'.

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    Quote Originally Posted by satomi325 View Post
    LOL, actualy people do.
    I think it's a little strange, but I've seen a number of ads selling YBs as 'het ivory'.
    Of course I picked that one lol. But ya know what I was trying to say

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    I have a het Pastel. And a couple of het Enchis.
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