iHerp
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how can something be 100% het albino but not be albino itself
This is incorrect.Heterozygote means it contains both genes
This is incorrect.
A het only has one allele (or gene).
Try reading this...
The Learning Center - Genetics 101
This is incorrect.
A het only has one allele (or gene).
Try reading this...
The Learning Center - Genetics 101
Calculating Breedings:
A = albino allele, a = normal allele.
When breeding two normals:
aa x aa = All aa
When breeding a het and a normal:
Aa x aa = Aa (50%) and aa (50%) - you get 100% normal looking animals but 50% of them are het for albinism.
When breeding two hets:
Aa x Aa = AA (25%), Aa (50%) and aa (25%) - 25% are albinos, 50% are hets and 25% are normals. This is where a 66% het comes from (as there is a 2/3 chance of getting a het when picking a hatchlings).
When breeding a normal and an albino:
aa x AA = 100% Aa (all 100% het albinos).
When breeding a het and an albino:
Aa x AA = AA (50%) and aa (50%) - 50% albinos and 50% hets. Where the two alleles are the same it is an albino and where there is only one albino allele it is a het.
When breeding two albinos:
AA x AA = All AA - as there are no other genes. !00% albinos in the clutch.
The reason that you cannot visually determine what is a het is because albinism in carpet pythons is recessive; this means that unless there are two copies of the albino allele it doesn't show.
flaviruthless takes the time to write the reply im to lazy to write
I agree it is either a het or it is not a het. The idea of 50% het seems deceptive to me. Can i get ten hets and ten normals and sell the normals as 50% hets to command a higher price?how can something be 100% het albino but not be albino itself
And they are only theoretical odds as well aren't they?So in layman terms, it refers to a chance at the lucky dip....
100% het = yes you will definitely pick a snake that has the albino gene
66%, 50% and 25% hets = the percentage of chance you have of picking a snake with the albino gene given the amount of snakes in the clutch that theoretically should hold the gene.
Basically like gambling odds lol
You quoted before I edited it
I'm not up to speed on the whole het thing, that's my understanding of it but I'm not sure if its correct.
All I know is what I was once told by an albino breeder, either get a 100% het or an albino because otherwise its just a guess and luck if you end up with a het, but there's usually a better chance you will end up with an overpriced normal.
I think unless its a 100% het, they should be simply sold at normal prices, not marked up because of a chance it might not be normal. There are plenty of albinos around these days, its not like it was when they first came out, when paying a bit extra for the chance of the albino gene was considered viable.
Just FYI, there is no such thing as a 25% het either.
Would that depend if you new which ones were the hets and which ones were not?And they are only theoretical odds as well aren't they?
If you had 1 clutch from albino to normal and 3 clutches from normal to normal, mixed them up, then would they be 25% hets?I remember seeing a thread on here that they are usually priced accordingly. So a 50% would be more than a known normal, a 66% would be more than a 50% and a 100% would be more than a 66%. So, like you said, the pricing is similar to a gamble for both the buyer and seller. Regardless, an animal is worth what someone is willing to pay for it and albinos Carpets aren't the only recessive animals being sold so it is fair in other instances.
Just FYI, there is no such thing as a 25% het either.
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