what does het mean

[somberloathing]

yes i;m getting into snakes abit and i;m coming across all these terms that i don;t really know could any one help me out or point me in the right direction?.
Het:
Pastel:


i was thinking about buying a ball python
het orange ghost or something like that

i figured that the females were the ones u want to have specical genes>
so i have a male het orange ghost mated with a female normale what would happen?

or other way around?

what do i need to kno before making a purchase?
i;m intersted in breeding so any of u ball python guys out there know where i should start that would help!i don;t want to spend a stupid amount of money on my first ball python project

i already own 4 normal ball pythons 1.3.0 that i started feeding myself i have never bred them .

 

[Beardo]

Het is short for heterozygous...meaning that the animal carries a certain trait (Ghost for example, in Ball Pythons) genotypically, but does not express the trait phenotypically.

 

[OldHag]

lol David, do you think he got that Genotypical and Phenotypical if hes confused about heterozygous?
This is the way I understand it... correct me if Im wrong..

Genotypical= carries the traits in its genes (not showing physically) Can make albino babies but does not look albino..

Phenotypical=physically shows the trait. Albino, Ghost, Anerytheristic.. whatever

To get baby albinos from a het for albino snake you would need a female het for albino to breed with a male het for albino ( or what ever trait, ghost, anerytheristic etc etc...) Or a het for albino beeding with an albino.
If you bred a 100% het with a normal you would get half the babies het and half not. They would be concidered 50% het. None showing the trait.
If you breed an albino with a normal you would get 100% hets. ALL the offspring would have the trait but none would show it.

Im probably confusing you more...

 

[somberloathing]

lol David, do you think he got that Genotypical and Phenotypical if hes confused about heterozygous?
This is the way I understand it... correct me if Im wrong..

Genotypical= carries the traits in its genes (not showing physically) Can make albino babies but does not look albino..

Phenotypical=physically shows the trait. Albino, Ghost, Anerytheristic.. whatever

To get baby albinos from a het for albino snake you would need a female het for albino to breed with a male het for albino ( or what ever trait, ghost, anerytheristic etc etc...) Or a het for albino beeding with an albino.
If you bred a 100% het with a normal you would get half the babies het and half not. They would be concidered 50% het. None showing the trait.
If you breed an albino with a normal you would get 100% hets. ALL the offspring would have the trait but none would show it.

Im probably confusing you more...

thanks both of u
i get the idea

 

[Thoth]

Put it in easier terms. Heterozygous mean they have one copy of the gene for the trait. Homozygous means it has both copies of a gene for a particular trait. For a recessive trait you need both copies of the gene for it to show.

nice basic intro
http://www.newenglandreptile.com/genetics_intro.html

 

[Beardo]

f you bred a 100% het with a normal you would get half the babies het and half not. They would be concidered 50% het. None showing the trait.
If you breed an albino with a normal you would get 100% hets. ALL the offspring would have the trait but none would show it.

Actually, if you breed a 100% het with a normal, all of the babies will be 50% hets.

 

[YouLosePayUp]

and now to make it even more confusing throw in the term Hypo :wall:

 

[Thoth]

Hypo is just another trait, its short for hypomelanistic (usually). It means it produces much less melanin than a normal and more than an amelanistic (or commonly know know albino).

 

[OldHag]

Actually, if you breed a 100% het with a normal, all of the babies will be 50% hets.

Thats what I mean... Of course the way I descibed it might not have come across as such...
The babies have a 50% chance of being Het...

 

[Beardo]

Suuuure, Michelle.

 

[Arlius]

I understood it as you said it, David's just nitpicking...

 

[OldHag]

Suuuure, Michelle.

David is a naughty monkey



;P ;P ;P ;P ;P ;P

 

[Beardo]

And proud of it!!!