i understand i am new on these fourms and do not wish to step on any toes, nor have i ever bred snakes.

however i have bred plants and also an ADN. in all aspects of encountering the words homozygous and hetrozygous they pertain to parents and the traits passed to children, not if the trait is visible or not. i have read several articles on breeding and all websites list there snakes using hetrozygous so if someone can please clarify these terms for me (as IMHO i do not belive they are the correct terms to be using and unsure why everyone uses them)

in my understanding hetrozygous is when two diffrent traits are passed to the child, example if the snakes mother was albino and father was not then the child would be hetrozygous for albino but that does not state if the child(or hatchling or whatever term you like) will show the albino trait or not, they could receive eather

contray homozygous being two of the same traits from the mother and father being passed to child. thus if the father and mother were both homozygous then that child would have the same trait as the parents, if albino is the visible trait in parents then it would be the same in children.

however saying pairing a hetrozyous with another hetrozygous confuses me. as the two together would be homozygous in there genes to the child as hetro means opposite.

i understand dominant traits (visible) and recessive (underlining) and phenotype, genotype as visible and underling respectfully but really unsure how hetro and homozygous plays into all this

again this is not to start any internet wars or anything, nor attempting to speak outside of my knowledge bank. just stating my opinion and seeking clarification


also on the aspect of produciing a de novo mutation, yes that is extremly rare. why i posted it would not be a frequent occourance. but at one time no mutations existed. highly unlikely but is possible. not something i would suggest looking forward to happening though