How would you know?

[SilverWolf]

Ok, I downloaded the cornprog and was trying to see what I would get if I bred two of my snakes. Here is what I got.

Male is, Hypomelanistic, Striped, Het for Anery
Female is, Amelanistic, Het for Hypomel, Het for Motley

Offspring are predicted to be...
12.50%, Striped Motley, Hypomelanistic, Het for Snow
12.50%, Striped Motley, Het for Snow, Het for Hypomel
12.50%, Striped Motley, Hypomelanistic, Het for Amel
12.50%, Striped Motley, Het for Amel, Het for Hypomel
12.50%, Hypomelanistic, Het for Snow, Het for Stripe
12.50%, Het for Snow, Het for Hypomel, Het for Stripe
12.50%, Hypomelanistic, Het for Amel, Het for Stripe
12.50%, Het for Amel, Het for Hypomel, Het for Stripe

So say you got this exact % or close. How would be able to tell the difference between the different hatchlings? Or would the only way you would know is to breed them back to something else? Or if you wanted to sell them what would you say to the buyer?

Of course this is why I'm not breeding for a while(if I ever do), need to get all this straight first.

Thanks for the help!

April

 

[Blue Apple Herps]

In your case it's pretty straight foward. Because all of the genes (except for anery) are homozygous in at least one of the animals, everything will be at least het for amel, hypo, stripe (in other words, you will have no possible hets, except for the anery). Depending on the phenotype of the animal, you will know it's genotype (what it's homo or het for). They will all be 50% het for anery, and that will only be able to be proved out by breeding trials.

It gets tricky when you're dealing with animals that are both het for a gene. Then you will have 1/4 of the progeny being homo amel, 1/2 het and 1/4 homo wild type. So when you eliminate the homo animals, you're left with a 66% chance of it being het with a 1/3 chance of it not even carrying the gene.

Hope this helps a little.