What are the odds?!

[Commandokev]

Hey guys,

Quick (newbie!) question. I plan on breeding my Pastel female P.H. Axanthic to my Mojave male. This may be too broad for anyone to tell. Would anyone be able to tell me the possible clutch outcomes and explain to me how you came up with that?

Thanks!

Kevin

[Montypython696]

I would say it would be:

25%	1/4	Het. Axanthic
25%	1/4	Pastel Het. Axanthic
25%	1/4	Mojave Het. Axanthic
25%	1/4	Pastave Het. Axanthic

[Archimedes]

http://www.worldofballpythons.com/wizard/



In order to choose multiple morphs, you'll need to control-click on the different morphs in the columns.
So in the female column, you'll put Pastel and het Axanthic, male column gets Mojave, and then hit calculate.

A word of warning though, that pairing will produce no visible recessive morphs, at best you'll get half a clutch that's het for axanthic. And you may not be able to tell what's het and what's not. With your female already only being a poss. het, I don't think pairing her to a mojave without the gene is going to help you any. Wait til you get a couple definite hets, and breed them together.

EDIT: Of course, that only applies if you want to try for the recessive. If you want pastaves, pair em til they lock!

[Montypython696]

Oh crud. I was off, forgot it said possible het. So it would actually be closer to this:

12.5%	1/8	Normal
12.5%	1/8	Het. Axanthic - VPI Line
12.5%	1/8	Pastel
12.5%	1/8	Pastel Het. Axanthic - VPI Line
12.5%	1/8	Mojave
12.5%	1/8	Mojave Het. Axanthic - VPI Line
12.5%	1/8	Pastave
12.5%	1/8	Pastave Het. Axanthic - VPI Line

[T&C Exotics]

Oh crud. I was off, forgot it said possible het. So it would actually be closer to this:

12.5%	1/8	Normal
12.5%	1/8	Het. Axanthic - VPI Line
12.5%	1/8	Pastel
12.5%	1/8	Pastel Het. Axanthic - VPI Line
12.5%	1/8	Mojave
12.5%	1/8	Mojave Het. Axanthic - VPI Line
12.5%	1/8	Pastave
12.5%	1/8	Pastave Het. Axanthic - VPI Line

For this to be true it would have to prove out as het axanthic.

[Commandokev]

Yeah that's what I figured. I was hoping you were going to say 100% Pastave
Thanks for the reply.

[Commandokev]

I would be ecstatic with a pastave . I was just wondering the % of outcome of each would be. I never expected to get any axanthic with her.

Thanks!

[JMinILM]

yeah if you forget about the possible het part each offspring from that pairing has these odds: 25% pastave, 25% Mojave, 25% Pastel and 25% normal
Technically they would also be 1/2 of whatever % het the mother is. If she is 50%, they would be 25%. Most people don't really bother with possible het percentages under 50% though.

[Lubana]

Sorry, but... What does 'het' mean?

[T&C Exotics]

"Het" means it is a recessive gene and the animal carries it but does not show it. So axanthic for example is recessive... It takes 2 copies of the axanthic gene to show but if the snake only has one it is then a het axanthic.