noob question?

[jcaustralia]

ok being new to the actual morph issue in reguards to ball pythons, i have a question. ok i know ressesive you need 2 snakes with that gene to produce the color/pattern. now on a dominate or co-dominate do you need 2 snakes with those genes to produce the color/pattern? IE: a spider bred to a normal will i get atleast 1 spider neonate? thanks i am trying to understand it better.

[Nate]

Here's a great link that helps me out all the time:
http://www.ballpython.ca/genetics.html

[Shaun J]

ok being new to the actual morph issue in reguards to ball pythons, i have a question. ok i know ressesive you need 2 snakes with that gene to produce the color/pattern. now on a dominate or co-dominate do you need 2 snakes with those genes to produce the color/pattern? IE: a spider bred to a normal will i get atleast 1 spider neonate? thanks i am trying to understand it better.

Spider is a Dominant, meaning you wonly need one gene from a spider to be a spider.

A spider paired up with a normal makes a few spiders and some normals.


Codominants make super forms. Two genes of CoDoms make a super morph.

I.E. A mojave and a normal makes a few mojaves and a few normals.

BUT a Mojave and Mojave pairing makes Mojaves and Super Mojaves.

Super morphs are AWESOME!!

[jcaustralia]

thank you that was the english answer i was looking for, lol.

[Shaun J]

No problem...Now where's myn gold star!

[jcaustralia]

if i could give you one i would,

OH! one other in reguards to this question. is gender a main factor in dom/co-doms as far as one being more inclined to pass the genes on?

[Shaun J]

if i could give you one i would,

OH! one other in reguards to this question. is gender a main factor in dom/co-doms as far as one being more inclined to pass the genes on?

Nope, a male bred to a normal female makes pretty much the same results as a female bred to a normal male.

Now, the female's size DOES matter. A 2000 gram female when bred to a right size male will make more eggs generally than a 1500 gram female bred to the same male. Size matters.

[jcaustralia]

cool thanks then if it does not matter than why are the females generally priced higher than males? just because they get bigger?

[tigerlily]

cool thanks then if it does not matter than why are the females generally priced higher than males? just because they get bigger?

One reason is because you can breed one male to several females and they are the ones you need to lay the eggs. Higher demand essentially.

OH! one other in reguards to this question. is gender a main factor in dom/co-doms as far as one being more inclined to pass the genes on?

You are thinking of sex linked traits, and are a different definition of gene behavior. Otherwise gender does not theoretically make a difference.