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Maybe a stupid question, but I am sure you guys can answer it :)

NCSUjle

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I have been crusing around different breeders websites for snakes, and I have come across one I am interested in. It is a ghost with a very pretty pattern, but it says the snake is 66% het hypo. What does it mean for it to be 66% het? Just curious. I'm sure it's an obvious answer I am not thinking of... thanks :)
 
Ok, let me start off by saying that if it is a ghost, it shouldn't be "het" for hypo, it has to be homozygous for hypo, or else it really isn't a ghost. So, I would say that what you are seeing is either a misprint, or the breeder is saying the that animal is homo for one type of hypo and 66% het for another type, but I'm not certain what good such inforamtion would be in the case of the latter . . .???

As to the 66% business, here's where that comes from. When you breed two animals het for a common gene together, you expect to get 25% normals, 50% hets, and 25% mutants in a statistically average clutch. Now, the mutants are easy to pick out, but the hets look exactly like the normals. However, because they do have the possibility of having the het genes, each one of them is really more valuable than a normal. Therefore, the standard is that they are listed as 66% possible hets (because two-thirds of the normals are statistically het for the mutant gene in question).

That designation shows you that there is a mutation floating around in the mix, but it also shows you that the animal came from a het to het breeding, and there is no guarantee that YOUR animal will be het for anything at all. Each individual normal has a 66% chance of being a het. In reality, all of the normals could be hets, or none of them could be. You just have to understand that you are taking somewhat of a gamble and judge whether the price is right or not.

Hope that helps! :cool:
 
I'm sorry, I posted het hypo, but I went back and read it again, and it's het hypo SNOW... that may be an important piece that you needed for it to make sense.

The ghost has an aberrant pattern (which I find attractive on this snake) and is going for 50 bucks (that does not include shipping..)

Thanks for the input!
 
If I understand this correctly it is a Ghost, possible het Hypo Snow?

This animal is then the same as a Ghost (Hypo and Anery), possibly het Amel (Snow). Like Darin has stated, there is nothing to guarantee the "possible" Amel gene floating around. You would have to breed it to a Snow or an Amel in order to find out for sure.
 
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