Is there a calculator?

[chinchillachic18]

I was wondering if there is a breeding calculator for ball pythons. Like what the chances of you getting certain colors...

one like this only for ball pythons..

http://www.silverfallchinchilla.com/...alculator.aspx


and would you have to download it?

[anendeloflorien]

I was wondering if there is a breeding calculator for ball pythons. Like what the chances of you getting certain colors...

one like this only for ball pythons..

http://www.silverfallchinchilla.com/...alculator.aspx


and would you have to download it?

Theres a good one at http://www.geneticswizard.com/ check it out. It does require you to know whether they are co-dom, recessive, het or homo but it's a very useful tool for mulitple combo morphs.

[chinchillachic18]

WoW O.O thats alot of options!! very detailed. Im gonna have to figure it out first! lol i like it though thanks :]

[chinchillachic18]

woah ok i totally dont understand that thing O.O is there one thats simpler?

[WingedWolfPsion]

I just went over and used it...and no, that's as simple as you can possibly get.

All you need to know is which mutant genes your snakes carry, and whether those genes are dominant, co-dominant, or recessive.
Homozygous means two copies of the gene are present in the snake (orange ghost--super pastel).
Heterozygous means one copy of the gene is present in the snake (het for orange ghost, pastel).

As far as I know, no actual dominant genes have been identified for certain in ball pythons. Spider and Pinstripe are often CALLED dominant, but since no one has produced a super-spider or super-pinstripe--which would be identified by the fact that all of their offspring would be spider or pin when bred to a normal--the genes are probably NOT dominant, but are co-dominant with a lethal homozygous form. I'm not not sure about the few other 'dominant' mutations identified.

[Rakk101]

I set up all my animals on metzcal and then it has a punnett square built in.

[nevohraalnavnoj]

An efficient way is to understand what classification the morphs are:

spider=dominant

pastel, cinnamon, yellowbelly,....etc.=co-dominant

albino, pied, clown...etc...=recessive

Then you can understand all the pairings in terms of

(homozygous) recessive x dominant = 50% dominant het for recessive, 50% recessive etc...

Is there anything in particular you're having trouble with?

JonV

[rishnack]

heres a super simplified one i check out alot
http://www.ballpython.ca/genetics.html

[PythonWallace]

This won't be much help, but if you are planning to breed ball python morphs, I highly recommend getting a good understanding of genetics. Once you do you can do any combo in your head faster than it would take to play with those programs. If you are just curious about something, the ones already posted are about as simple as they can be.

[chinchillachic18]

Oh dont worry im not planning on breeding for a lonnngggg time dont lol im just seeing how hard it would be. I dont know very much about ball pythons yet so that would be a bad idea Snakes seem way different from mammals breeding wise..or maybe i just dont understand snake breeding enough yet. Im confused by that calculator...What do they mean when they ask for the male AND female? and then ask for other color combos? See, thats proof of how little i know about it lol