Just a question...

[ECechoHO]

We all know you can get SUPERS from breeding two of the same genetically based snake, my question is can there be such thing as a SUPER NORMAL..??

[guanagator]

Based on my understanding nope, if you did breed two normals and got something that looked extreme it would indicate a recessive gene is at play and both parents were hets or some subtle codoms are reacting. Getting a super is part of proving out if a unique looking normal is inheritable, more than just a normal.

[OhhWatALoser]

all normals are "super" normals in the way the hobby uses the word.

[ECechoHO]

all normals are "super" normals in the way the hobby uses the word.

Very true SIR or MA'AM.. was talking about seeing the all white or all black forms of the "supers" but i'm seeing that a SUPER NORMAL(all blackorwhite) is a big NO-NO...

[Quiet Tempest]

Very true SIR or MA'AM.. was talking about seeing the all white or all black forms of the "supers" but i'm seeing that a SUPER NORMAL(all blackorwhite) is a big NO-NO...

I'm not sure you understand the genetics involved. Not all super forms are all white or all black and you can only produce a super form by pairing a co-dom to a co-dom. There is no super form produced from recessive to recessive or dom to dom pairing.

This video might help you have a better understanding on the basic ball python genetics.

[T&C Exotics]

Normals are normals. They are a genetic trait that is not mutated so not a morph. They are actually a dominant gene as well if I am remembering correctly. Being that they are not a mutated genetic trait they would not have a super form that would be all black or all white at all. The super form looks exactly like the non super form but in reality every normal is a super normal.

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[paulh]

All genes are either mutant genes or normal genes.

A normal gene is the gene most commonly found in a given gene pair in the snakes in the wild. A normal ball python has two copies of the appropriate normal gene in each gene pair and looks pretty much like most of the ball pythons crawling around Africa.
A mutant gene is NOT the gene most commonly found in a given gene pair in the snakes in the wild. A mutant ball python has at least one mutant gene in at least one gene pair and does not look like most of the ball pythons crawling around Africa.

The mojave gene is a mutant gene that is codominant to the corresponding normal gene. A mojave ball python has a mojave gene paired with a normal gene. A super mojave ball python has two copies of the mojave gene in that gene pair and does not look like a mojave. Therefore, a a ball python with two copies of the normal gene in that gene pair is a super normal because it does not look like a mojave ball python, too. And the appearance of that super normal ball python is ... (drum roll) ... normal! In other words, that super normal ball python looks pretty much like most of the ball pythons crawling around Africa.

We are using the normal gene as the standard of comparison. A mutant gene is dominant/codominant/recessive to the corresponding normal gene. Used this way, the normal gene is neither dominant, codominant nor recessive.

Older genetics literature and even modern texts use dominant/codominant/recessive without a standard. The albino gene is recessive to the corresponding normal gene, and the normal gene is dominant to the albino gene. The pinstripe gene is dominant to the corresponding normal gene, and the normal gene is recessive to the pinstripe gene. The mojave gene is codominant to the corresponding normal gene, and the normal gene is codominant to the mojave gene. Used this way, the normal gene could be either dominant, codominant or recessive.

[Yodawagon]

Why do you list SUPER normals in your signature? You can't just make up your own genetics.

[OhhWatALoser]

You can't just make up your own genetics.

Why not, a lot of people do.

[PitOnTheProwl]

Have you looked at WOBP lately?