Heterozygous?

austinnoel · 11-04-04, 06:34 PM

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

Sean_.E. · 11-04-04, 06:51 PM

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 · 11-04-04, 07:28 PM

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

Read my Genetics Article for more info.

Asian Jon · 11-04-04, 07:37 PM

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

mykee · 11-04-04, 07:51 PM

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

Tim_Cranwill · 11-04-04, 07:56 PM

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 · 11-05-04, 02:22 PM

Phew!!

Nicky · 11-05-04, 04:35 PM

thats an awsome article Tim!

I thought it would be a lot more confusing.
Thanks
Kayla