If you breed a 66% het albino python with a normal what will the offspring be?
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First off you have to understand that a 66% het albino means that it has a 66% chance of being heterozygous, or a 100% het. It's either a het or it isn't, so don't confuse the 66% with your snake being more than half het.
Anyway, if your 66% het turns out to be a het Albino, then the offspring to a normal will have a 50% chance of being heterozygous. The only way you could tell would be to breed the offspring back to a het or to an albino (homozygous). If you bred your snake to another het or albino, then you should get some albinos. You will have a one in four chance of getting an albino by breeding a het to another het, and a one in two chance of getting an albino if you breed your het to an albino.
Check out this site for more genetic info:
http://ballpython.ca/what_get/recessive..
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I would think it would be a pastel python!
still something that scares my 6ft tall hubby
That comes down to the percentages in the albinos gene's. You are more likely to get normal coloured than albino as the albino gene is very weak and is not likely to get passed on straight away, I mean it might not crop up again for a few more generations.
Could be wrong though, why don't you try a web site for snake enthusiasts.
Albino is recessive, so the other snake would have to be a carrier of the albino gene for you to have any chance of getting another albino. If the other snake is a carrier, it's about a 25% chance of getting another albino. Otherwise, it will be normal.
unless the normal snake carries a resissive gene you would get all normal coloured snakes if the normal snake does carry the recessive gene you may get 1 or 2 albino snakes but theres no garentee as they may all be normal coloured and some may then carry the recessive gene and others not so later breedings may produce an albino but again no guarentees
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