hypothetical hybrid question.

[nevmoy]

So this is just hypothetical, but what would happen if you used a morph to make any one of the ball python hybrids. I know a lot of people don't like hybrids but to each their own. I personally think the woma ball hybrid plots pretty cool.

So what if you breed, let's say, a mojave to a woma (not a woma morph). What would stop you from getting mojave womas, or if you used a blood, or angolian.

[Slowcountry Balls]

I was in Germany on vacation with my wife back in March and was able to go to the Hamm show. At the Hamm show, I met a guy working with Angry Balls (Angolan - Ball hybrids). He had a Spider Angry Ball and you could see the influence of the Spider gene. I posted a picture of it in this thread http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...4-Hamm-Germany and on my Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/SlowcountryBalls). I was told that the morphs are expressed in the hybrids he has worked with but, they don't look exactly like they do in a true Ball Python. Hope that helps.

[nevmoy]

Wow that is awesome!! Thanks! I also liked your fb page

[paulh]

As in the spider angry ball, dominant and codominant mutant genes generally produce the morph in a hybrid.

Recessive mutant genes produce a morph only if both parents have compatible genes. If the genes are not compatible, the babies look normal, for a hybrid.

For example, amelanistic (AKA albino) corn snakes have been bred to tyrosinase-negative albino black rat snakes and to tyrosinase positive albino black rat snakes. All three mutant genes are recessive to the corresponding normal genes. Albino babies are only produced when the amelanistic corn is mated to the tyrosinase-negative albino black rat snake. This shows that the corn snake's amelanistic gene is only compatible with the black rat snake's tyrosinase-negative albino gene.

[nevmoy]

Thanks Paul, I've seen all that stuff in the colubrids but wasn't sure how it would work with the pythons since they are quite as genetically compatible. This is all good info.

Thanks again