Het?

[lihairden]

What does 'het' mean?

I've seen it a lot lately, but it isn't in my leopard gecko book. I do believe I need a glossary for all the herp terms lol.

 

[MKGeckos]

What does 'het' mean?

I've seen it a lot lately, but it isn't in my leopard gecko book. I do believe I need a glossary for all the herp terms lol.

Het stands for Heterozygous. For example, a het Albino will have 1 Albino allele and 1 Normal allele.

 

[BalloonzForU]

To add to what Kyle said.

An Albino, would have 2 Albino allele.

When you breed an Albino to a Normal, the albino passes on one albino allele, and the normal passes on a normal allele, this would make the babies all het albino.

 

[wcreptiles]

Everything you wanted to know about genetics but were afraid to ask.

http://www.newenglandreptile.com/genetics_intro.html

http://www.geneticswizard.com/

 

[Cat_72]

And to state it VERY simply.....an animal that is "het albino" carries the gene to produce albino, but does not look like an albino.