Genetics translation required

[B.P.'s 4me]

A het hypo does not carry half the hypo gene. Genes come in pairs, like socks. All gene pairs are either homozygous or heterozygous (slang, het). A homozygous gene pair is made up of two copies of a gene. A heterozygous gene pair is made up of two different genes. A het hypo ball python has a complete hypo gene paired with a complete normal gene (the most common gene in that gene pair in the snakes in the wild). As a het hypo ball python looks like a ball python with two copies of the normal gene, the hypo gene is recessive to the normal gene.

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I agree with the non-quoted portion of that post.

Thank you, for the explanation and especially the link. I'm going to "copy and paste" it to a file so I have ready access to it. Thanks again.