Normal X Pastel

[LadyOhh]

Heterozygous:
A genotype consisting of two different alleles of a gene for a particular trait (Aa). Individuals who are heterozygous for a trait are referred to as heterozygotes.

Using Pastel as an example, in a normal ball python the genes should look like

nnpp

nn= normal
pp= the normal gene that would be in place of the pastel gene

A pastel would look like this

nnPp

nn= normal
Pp= Pastel

As you can see in these genes Pp that it is heterozygous. Making a visual pastel, but it is heterozygous.

A super pastel would look like this

nnPP

nn= normal
PP= super pastel

This makes a homozygous form.

Okay, lets do this one more time.

Yes, I see your punnet square.

Yes, I understand that a Pastel is a Het form.

But it is a Het form visually. To refer to it as HET Pastel is to imply to the general public that it is normal. Generally speaking, that is the reasoning behind the LACK of using this term, for obvious reasons.

Why not just call it a Pastel. Really.........