Quote Originally Posted by Mendel's Balls
I think the wording does matter "50% possible het" /"66% possible het" are terms that make sense.....a 50% het is a nonsensical term since you are ethier het or not.....by putting one word in there "possible" .....you convey the probability that the organism is heterozygous.

When I first started reading about ball pythons my gf used the term 50% het and it confused me...I was like "heterozgous" is a state, you cant be half-way het.....as soon as I realized that this was short for 50% possible het it made sense to me.
So I guess short hand is lost on you?

There are "technical terms" and "trade terms" or "common language" .... people that have been around understand the "lingo" of the trade ... people new to the hobby certainly do get confused.

-adam