Explain this advertisement to me......

[Jeff_Favelle]

There's currently an ad for an adult boa in the classifieds section. This is what it reads:

female salmon 66% het albino 50% het sunglow

LOL! HUH? A sunglow is an albino Salmon, so how the he!! can this thing be 66% het for albino, yet only 50% het for sunglow?

Ahhh......good times.

[BOAS_N_PYTHONS]

JEFF:

I see alot of those on the other forum classifies, makes for good fun reading indeed.

Tony

[Jeff_Favelle]

Too funny.

[BOAS_N_PYTHONS]

JEFF:

I just saw it on this forum the one you mentioned, LOL.

Tony

[boa]

What the **** is so funny about it its a salmon possible double het for sunglow.

[Scales Zoo]

I saw that too - some people, jeesh.

However, if you want to get technical, a salmon 50% het albino, isn't really a 50% het sunglow.

Bred to a sunglow male, 37.5% - "should" be sunglow of which 33% are super sunglows. Bred to an albino male, only 25% of the babies "should" be sunglows. Just statistics, but kinda misleading for newbies. I use the word should to denote probability.

Good eye Jeff! I'd expect that from a newbie, but not from someone who should know a thing or 2 about genetics.

Ryan

[Scales Zoo]

Originally posted by boa
What the **** is so funny about it its a salmon possible double het for sunglow.

A salmon boa that shows albino is a sunglow boa.

When most people talk about a salmon 50% sunglow, they mean a salmon 50% het albino. The 2 are interchangeable for all intense purposes.

How is it possible that it is 66% het for one, but only 50% het for the other - when they are the same thing?

Ryan

[Andy_G]

I haven't looked at boa genetics much...but I always thought that a sunglow was an albino salmon...but I got confused with seeing all these classifieds that show the animal as a double het. Thanks for clearing it up for me guys!

[Jeff_Favelle]

No, Ryan is correct, the funny part is that the animal is 66% het albino, but its only 50% het for sunglow? Huh? If an animal is 66% het for albino and its a Salmon, then its a Salmon, 66% het for Sunglow. Just like if it was Salmon 100% het albino, then it would be 100% DH Sunglow.

So what is the animal? Does it have a 66% chance of carrying the albino gene or does it have 50% chance of carrying the albino gene? Very misleading ad. I wouldn't touch the animal unless the seller knew exactly what it was he was representing.

[ChunkyMunky]

The snake he is selling is probably 66% het GHOST 50% het sunglow. But he had a brainfart while making the ad. It is funny as hell, how one word can start a whole thread about genetics. Im not complaining, it is actually informational. Take care.

Dan.

[ChunkyMunky]

Wait, ghost x sunglow. I never thought of that pairing before Is that a snowglow? Anyone have pictures of one? lol

[chappy]

You guys are crazy, really its simple math, 50% het + 66% het = 116% het.

[Jeff_Favelle]

LOL, I want a 116% het!!!

[BOAS_N_PYTHONS]

JEFF:

LOL...I have a 300% Colombian Boa, although not rare still 300%...lol

Tony

[boa]

Grow up.Don't you have better things to do in a day.