boa breeding question ?

[xxxjustinxxx]

ok,
if you were to breed a columbian 66% het albino boa to a regular columbian boa what would the kids be ? would some be 66%, some normal and some hypos ?

	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.

	Hypomelanistic Hypomelanistic - a genetic reduction in the dark pigment Melanin.

[Bchildress]

You would get Half Normals and other half possible Het for albino But there isnt any real way to tell beside to breed the snake and try proving it out

	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.

[JuliusSqueezer]

66% het means that there is a 66% CHANCE that the snake is het. If indeed your breeder is honest and did the math correctly, then your 66% het also carries a 33% chance of being het for nothing. If you breed it to a normal you will have all normal looking babies with a few of them having an ever decreasing possibility of being het. A great deal of luck (for you, not the snake...It actually sucks to be albino for anything given the option of being healthier) would have to fall your way. If you breed it to a known 100% het or a snake that actually has the trait your snake is suspected of having and it actually produces offspring with the trait, then it is no longer 66% but is proven 100% het. If it produces none then it is NOT a het at all but a normal. Hypomelanism is a trait alltogether different from albino. You will not get hypos from breeding a het albino to anything unless they are also het for hypo.

	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.

	Hypomelanistic Hypomelanistic - a genetic reduction in the dark pigment Melanin.

[TheBoaGuy]

sums it about up except nothing can be het for hypo be cause it is a codominat gene

	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.

	Hypomelanistic Hypomelanistic - a genetic reduction in the dark pigment Melanin.

[Ptorgeaux]

Unless I'm mistaken, some would say that hypos are indeed het for superhypo.

	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.

	Hypomelanistic Hypomelanistic - a genetic reduction in the dark pigment Melanin.