hets

[jlax786]

i know what morphs are and stuff but what does it mean when someone says like 60% het (whatever) or like 100% ect ect.....iv been confused about this for awile?

[thunder]

100% het means it is definately a het. a 66% het means that it has a 66% chance of being a het. 50% het means it has a 50% chance of being a het. so basically, a 100% het is a het, any lower percent, and it could be a het, but might not be.

[mykee]

the word "het" is short for heterozygous, which means that the snake, though not visually showing the genetic mutation, carries the allele for it.

[pythonmdk]

a 100% het would be either a normal breed to a homozygous animal (visible morph) or a het to a visable morph animal. A 66% het is an animal from het to het breeding, and a 50% het is a het to normal breeding. The lower the chance of it actually being a het, the lower the price if you want a het for sure, 100% is the way to go. This only refers to resessive genes, where they are not dominate over the normal colour or patter.

[impy]

check out www.ballpython.ca it is Markus Janes web sit and has a pretty simple genitics page on it . hope it helps

[jlax786]

wow thanks alot guys, who knows maybe some day ill start breeding!! ill need to know this stuff :)...appreciate all the info