How het percentages work

[smy_749]

Na means het, so this way you can see, you will end up with 1/4 visuals , 2/4 hets and 1/4 who don't carry the gene at all (NN or aa it doesnt matter)

You can't tell which are the hets and which fourth doesn't, thats where you get 2/3 and 66%.

N is normal , a is recessive gene. So this is normal x het albino for example....


This gives you 2/4 Hets and 2/4 normals. This is where you see 50% het stuff come into play. Hope that makes it clearer.

[Mikoh4792]

Yup that punnet square makes it a lot easier to understand. Appreciate it.

[lady_bug87]

Originally Posted by smy_749

alll babies are het albino when albino x normal. all babies are albino het albino with albino x albino.

Albino x albino give you homozygous snakes (visual albinos) if they're visual they aren't 'hets'

Unless you're talking about double recessives like toffee.

[smy_749]

I was just dumbing it down...I didn't mean het actually, I just mean that all the babies will also produce all albinos I guess. bad way to word it :S Hope the diagram makes it clear though lol

[lady_bug87]

Originally Posted by smy_749

Na means het, so this way you can see, you will end up with 1/4 visuals , 2/4 hets and 1/4 who don't carry the gene at all (NN or aa it doesnt matter)

You can't tell which are the hets and which fourth doesn't, thats where you get 2/3 and 66%.

N is normal , a is recessive gene. So this is normal x het albino for example....


This gives you 2/4 Hets and 2/4 normals. This is where you see 50% het stuff come into play. Hope that makes it clearer.

I HATE punet squares

[smy_749]

I hate them when it starts to look like this...

[lady_bug87]

I do it in my head

[lady_bug87]

Originally Posted by Mikoh4792

Ah alright. So you only get those pos hets when you do het x het or normal x het.

Here is a break down
Homozygous x Homozygous = Homozygous
Homozygous x 100% het = 1/2 homo/ 100% hets
Homozygous x 66% het =1/2 homo/ 100% hets

For homozygous to hets: if there are no homozygous in the litter/clutch they are all 100% hets

100% het x 100% het = 1/4 homozygous 3/4 66% het (1/3 normal 2/3 het)
100% het x normal = 50% hets (1/2 normal 1/2 het)

[Kid Boa]

Originally Posted by lady_bug87

I HATE punet squares

I agree Lady.