Quote Originally Posted by LadyOhh View Post
A het ivory is a yellowbelly, so the super form is the Ivory. Thus the name. What do you call the normals then?



That is true. How many people playing with Ball Pythons are??? I admit I am not. I just work in a lab.




Really? I feel it does. I have my Bachelors in Biology, and took several classes in Genetics. What is your background in this?
What you're saying makes sense in a way, but I am concerned about the PHRASING as it pertains to the animal, and how it tends to confuse those that do not fully understand.

Het Ivory = Yellowbelly

Heterozygous Yellowbelly = Yellowbelly = Het Ivory

Its all the same thing just semantically incorrect. I call them yellowbellys because thats what the first person who produced them calls them.

I personally havn't met or heard of one geneticists that breeds ball pythons.

I may not have a degree, but have taken more than my share of science and Biology classes. Through high school and college I have taken 8 Biology related classes, which all undoubtedly deals with genetics.

I agree genetics is confusing and when have I ever said to a new person thats a het pastel or event tried explaining it to a new person? I havn't. When I see people mocking others for their own incorrect information is when I try to educate some people on the basic terms of genetics, which is all this discussion is.

Not saying you mock, but others do.