Quote Originally Posted by jmiles50 View Post
So, I realized Lessers and Mojo's make BEL's when bred to each other. Do you also get super's (BEL) when you breed a Lesser to a Mojave???
Mojave genotype = mojave gene paired with normal gene
Lesser genotype = lesser gene paired with normal gene

Offspring from a lesser royal python mated to a mojave:
1/4 normal (two normal genes)
1/4 mojave (mojave gene paired with normal gene)
1/4 lesser (lesser gene paired with normal gene)
1/4 BEL (lesser gene paired with mojave gene)

A super should have two copies of the same codominant mutant gene. A snake with two copies of the lesser gene would be a super, and a snake with two copies of the mojave mutant gene would be a super. I would not call a snake with lesser gene paired with a mojave gene a super. On the other hand, there are some pretty strange definitions of "super" floating around, including one that claims a snake is a super if it looks like a super. In this case, a snake with a lesser gene paired with a mojave gene looks like a super with two lesser genes. So it may come down to which definition of super you are using.

However, super is not a standard genetics term. Using standard terms, a snake with a lesser mutant gene paired with a mojave mutant gene is a lesser/mojave heterozygote, and a snake with two lesser genes is a lesser homozygote.