How do you get different variations of albinos

[berriosderick]

I just got a baby albino pinstripe and I was wondering how you get this morph if pinstripe is dominant and albino is recessive. Also how could I make more albino pinstripes or albino spiders?

[Eric Alan]

The morphs are individual characteristics - in most cases they don't over-ride each other like that.

If you want to make more Albino Pinstripes, all you need is to breed your snake with one that is at least het Albino. If you want to make Albino Spiders, all you need is to breed your snake to one that is at least Spider het Albino.

[grcforce327]

Best bet is for you to read,read,read,and read some more. After a year of that,let to posts fly.

[PitOnTheProwl]

Study your genetics. There is a lot involed.

[berriosderick]

Best bet is for you to read,read,read,and read some more. After a year of that,let to posts fly.

Study your genetics. There is a lot involed.

Neither of you are any help. Only the first guy gave me a little information. If you don't have helpful information, please do not bother commenting.

[JoshSloane]

Ok. Here you go. Im going to use the term allele, which essentially is a variant of a specific gene. The genes that control the pinstripe morph and albino morph are distinct genes that remain at different loci or locations on chromosomes. They act independently of one another. The recessive character of the albino trait means that to get the albino morphology, the snake must inherit TWO recessive alleles. This means that the allele from mom and dad for JUST this trait are both recessive in nature. Now for the pinstripe morph, this is a separate gene that is likely on a whole different chromosome altogether. For a dominant trait such as pinstripe, you only need ONE of the dominant alleles to phenotypically show the pinstripe trait. These two genes have no interplay between one another, and are not linked or inherited together. So if you want a pinstripe albino you need ONE dominant pinstripe allele, and TWO recessive albino alleles. A good analogy is hair and eye color in people. You can have people with blue eyes and blonde hair, blue eyes and red hair, blue eyes and brown hair. The two genes don't interact but produce vastly different phenotypic results when considering the organism and its genome as a WHOLE.

[Eric Alan]

Neither of you are any help. Only the first guy gave me a little information. If you don't have helpful information, please do not bother commenting.

The recommendation to further your own education in this hobby is quite possibly the best and most helpful advice given in this thread. There is a lot of information available to you if you are willing to look for it.

[Asherah]

Neither of you are any help. Only the first guy gave me a little information. If you don't have helpful information, please do not bother commenting.

I would call advising you to read in order to understand the hobby your in to probably be the best advice someone could give you.

[JoshSloane]

Neither of you are any help. Only the first guy gave me a little information. If you don't have helpful information, please do not bother commenting.

Understanding basic mendelian genetics is imperative if you want to be knowledgeable in this hobby. If you can understand recessive, dominant, co-dominant interactions then you can apply it to any morph you come across.

Also, having a better attitude towards those of us that spend our free time helping you understand is usually your best bet.

[bcr229]

Understanding basic mendelian genetics is imperative if you want to be knowledgeable in this hobby. If you can understand recessive, dominant, co-dominant interactions then you can apply it to any morph you come across.

Also, having a better attitude towards those of us that spend our free time helping you understand is usually your best bet.

This.

Now that said, some people have problems learning simply by reading an explanation. So, if you would prefer to learn by doing, go play for a while:
http://worldofballpythons.com/wizard