What is a Het Albino???

[iheartsnakes]

I don't know what a Het Albino is....lol... I was looking at RTBs and found one I really liked and it's a Het Albino, I didn't know what that ment, all I know is that I love snakes, but I'm not an expert...lol

Could someone also post some pictures of babys and adults??? thanx!!!

	Heterozygous Heterozygous - the animal carries the gene for a genetic trait but does not outwardly demonstrate the trait. Example: A boa that is het for albino looks normal but carries the albino gene. When it is bred to another het for albino boa or an albino boa, a percentage of the offspring will be albino.

[WeissChoice]

Het Albino stands for Heterozygous for Albino. Heterozygous is having two different alleles for a single trait. Which means that the snake looks normal in appearance, but has the "albino" gene in it. If you breed a Het with another het (Albino), you will have a couple albino's in your litter as well as normals, and more hets.

	Heterozygous Heterozygous - the animal carries the gene for a genetic trait but does not outwardly demonstrate the trait. Example: A boa that is het for albino looks normal but carries the albino gene. When it is bred to another het for albino boa or an albino boa, a percentage of the offspring will be albino.

[iheartsnakes]

I thought it ment something like that...THANX!

[WeissChoice]

The same goes for DH or Double Heterozygous. Meaning that the snake has two traits. I have 2 DH Snow Boas. Meaning that they appear normal in appearance, but both have the Albino, and Anery gene in them. When bred together, there is a 1/16 chance they will produce a "Snow" Boa. As well as producing normals, hets, albino's, and anery's

	Heterozygous Heterozygous - the animal carries the gene for a genetic trait but does not outwardly demonstrate the trait. Example: A boa that is het for albino looks normal but carries the albino gene. When it is bred to another het for albino boa or an albino boa, a percentage of the offspring will be albino.

	Anerythristic A recessive genetic mutation in which the animal is void of red pigment.