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    Desert Ghost Ball pythons??

    What do you cross to get a Desert Ghost?

    I'm assuming a ghost and axanthic but am not sure, does anyone know the genetics of these guys??

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    Re: Desert Ghost Ball pythons??

    Quote Originally Posted by arcina
    What do you cross to get a Desert Ghost?
    Nothing, it's a mutation all by itself.

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    Re: Desert Ghost Ball pythons??

    Well, of course it is its own mutation but I am asking how it becomes that mutation. What are the genetics of the mutation??? You don't just breed two reg ball pythons and get a desert ghost, you have to have two certain morph parents to produce desert ghost offspring.... or so I would assume.
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    Re: Desert Ghost Ball pythons??

    Quote Originally Posted by arcina
    Well, of course it is its own mutation but I am asking how it becomes that mutation. What are the genetics of the mutation??? You don't just breed two reg ball pythons and get a desert ghost, you have to have two certain morph parents to produce desert ghost offspring.... or so I would assume.
    From my understanding its genetics are still a mystery.
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    Re: Desert Ghost Ball pythons??

    Quote Originally Posted by arcina
    you have to have two certain morph parents to produce desert ghost offspring.
    Yeah ... DESERT GHOST ... it's not a combination.

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    Re: Desert Ghost Ball pythons??

    Arcina... how do you think any of the morphs started? Someone didn't just breed to normals and produced them! I believe a majority of the morphs are from people proving out captive hatched babies. Correct me if I'm wrong.
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    Re: Desert Ghost Ball pythons??

    Quote Originally Posted by arcina
    I'm assuming a ghost and axanthic
    Ghost and axanthic equals True Ghost.......and to my knowledge, one does not even exist yet
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    Re: Desert Ghost Ball pythons??

    This morph is not like a super Pastel or bumble bee or pinstripe spider or pastel pied or even lavendar albino pied where it takes two morphes to create them. They find these mutations in the wild and then through selective breeding and inbreeding and working with hets and poss hets they prove the line some ressicive genes take years. Dom and codom genes can be proved in one generation.

    Hope this helped clear up the mess.
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    Re: Desert Ghost Ball pythons??

    Quote Originally Posted by Freakie_frog
    This morph is not like a super Pastel or bumble bee or pinstripe spider or lavender albino or pastel pied or even lavendar albino pied where it takes two morphes to create them.
    Lavander albinos are not a combo morph.
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    Re: Desert Ghost Ball pythons??

    Quote Originally Posted by Kilo
    Arcina... how do you think any of the morphs started? Someone didn't just breed to normals and produced them! I believe a majority of the morphs are from people proving out captive hatched babies. Correct me if I'm wrong.
    Actually most are found in the wild then they breed them to normals and breed back the babies if they aren't Dom or Codom to see if it is recessive.

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