Quote Originally Posted by panthercz View Post
Oh and let me add that in 50,000 years, who knows, perhaps the "normal" ball python will no longer exist and is completely replaced by a morph. Perhaps that morph will be better suited base on pattern to surviving and over time end up replacing the "normal" phenotype.
And maybe, that's already happened. :]
Natural selection plays a big part in this.. as humans we find two genes that we want and we're able to breed those. Whats the real chance of those genes actually meeting the wild? Lets say theres a wild Albino.. what are the chances of it meeting another Albino? Slim to none, so if it breeds it's probably going to breed to a normal creating hets. What are the chances of those hets surviving and meeting other hets or albinos? A bit higher because the albino parent is still around as well as the brothers and sisters, but thats still an isolated area, where albino animals don't blend too well so they would obviously not have a very good chance of survival.
Most eggs layed by ball pythons in the wild too don't make it, are eaten, or the hatchlings die.