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Newbie w/ ???? about genetics...

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hello... i am a newbie to snakes ( I have 2 corns *anery & sunglow* and a Blk/Wh Cal. King ) and i am not afraid to say that I dont know that much about the genetics of it all or alot of the technical terms and names but could someone answer a few questions i have....
1) can a snow and a ghost produce a black albino?
2) if so, what is the probability that, that black albino would/could be het. for snow?

Thanks in advance for any input!!!
 
MastersHaven said:
hello... i am a newbie to snakes ( I have 2 corns *anery & sunglow* and a Blk/Wh Cal. King ) and i am not afraid to say that I dont know that much about the genetics of it all or alot of the technical terms and names but could someone answer a few questions i have....
1) can a snow and a ghost produce a black albino?
2) if so, what is the probability that, that black albino would/could be het. for snow?

Thanks in advance for any input!!!

If by black albino you mean anerythistic, no red, then yes, the snow/ghost combo can if the snow is hetero/het/heterozygous (all three mean the same thing, carrying but not expressing the gene in question) for anerythism. I've had it occur myself. Then you get into what type of anerythism, A or B, with yellow or without.

If the black albino/anerythistic baby had a parent that was snow, the baby would be het for snow.

serpenco.com has examples of most available morphs. Check out cornsnakes.com as well, there is a good photo gallery there.

And I think serpwidgets.com is a site about cornsnake genetics.

Have fun with them, they're great pets.
 
Thanks!!!!
the Black Albino (Anery) I speak of does have yellow....
This snake was said to be 66% het. for Snow and 100% het. for Ghost...
and i was thinking of breeding it to a Snow that was said to be 100% het for Ghost...

what would be an estimated outcome for a clutch?
lets just say they have a clutch of 25 ...
what would the estimated percentage ( Anery - Snow- Ghost )for that be?

Thanks again?!?!?!
 
If the anery IS het for snow, then breeding it to a snow het ghost (ie het hypo), the offspring would be:
3/8 anery het snow 66% chance het ghost
1/8 ghost het snow
3/8 snow 66% chance het hypo
1/8 coral snow (snow homozygous hypo)

If the anery is NOT het snow, the same breeding would produce:
3/4 anery het snow 66% chance het ghost
1/4 ghost het snow

The presence of yellow does not distinguish between anery A and anery B (charcoal).
 
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