het

[Meat Man]

whats "het" mean?

thanks.

[BoidKeeper]

It's a term that is short for heterozygous . Which means that a snake is carying a receive gene, such as a colour muttaion like albinisim or a pattern muttation like motley. It's the same idea in humans and eye colour. You may be het for blue eyes but have brown eyes. You may marry someone with brown eyes who is also het for blue eyes. If you have kids you have a chance of having children with blue eyes.
In a nut shell the word het means that a snake is carying a gene for something.
Cheers,
Trevor

[scalawag]

Het is short for Heterozygous which means it carries both the normal gene and a mutated gene. Each parent passes on 2 genes.
ex: A snake with one normal gene and one mutated gene that can produce melanin will produce offspring that will look normal. Since both copies of that gene are different, this animal is called “heterozygous for amel.”, or het for amel.
An animal het for something will appear normal but carry the recessive gene. Crossed with mate that is amelistic will produce half of the offspring that is amellistic and the other half of the clutch that is het for amellistic.
I think I got that right. This is a good site that explains dna http://www.cranwill.com/

[Meat Man]

Alright, I understand now. I just never understood it when everyone says "het." Thanks Guys!