Heterozygous?

[austinnoel]

I am new to breeding ball pythons can anyone tell me what 60%
heterozygous means

[Sean_.E.]

If an animal is 60% het for something, it means that there is a 60% chance that the animal carries the recessive trait in question (in this case albinism).

("het" is short for heterozygous)

Sean E.

[Tim_Cranwill]

It would be 50% or 66% possible het. Not 60%.

Read my Genetics Article (http://www3.mb.sympatico.ca/~cranwill/faq22.html) for more info. :)

[Asian Jon]

Wow I found that article easy to understand. I learned a lot, thanks!!

[mykee]

Tim, so that 73.6% het for spider that I bought is a fake!!!!!

[Tim_Cranwill]

LOL... no Mykee, it's real. Spiders can pass either 32.4%, 73.6% or 98.2% possible hets. Didn't you know that? ;)

Jon, no problem, man. It can be a bit tricky to understand at first but once you get the basics, the rest will come pretty easily. :)

[mykee]

Phew!!

[Nicky]

thats an awsome article Tim!:) I thought it would be a lot more confusing.
Thanks
Kayla