What does 100% Het mean?
A basic guideline that I follow, and seems fairly commonly used, is that 100% “Het” means that at least one of the parents displayed the trait visually. If it’s said to be 50% Het, then one of the parents is “100% Het”. Anywhere between “50% Het” and “100% Het” means that both parents were “Het” to some percentage.
What does a Het morph mean?
Heterozygous (aka het) means that the 2 genes are different. Homozygous means the 2 genes are the same. You will only typically see het used when talking about recessive morphs, because a recessive morph only visually shows in the homozygous form (meaning having two copies of the gene).
What is a ghost morph snake?
The term Ghost when used to describe snake morphs usually refers to the double recessive offspring of anery and hypo snakes. When referring to Ball Pythons the term Ghost Ball Python is used for the recessive hypo gene and the double recessive is called a True Ghost.
What is a het albino?
100% Het Albino occurs when one parent is a visual albino(white and yellow in appearance) as this animal has two copies of the albino gene it cannot pass a normal gene, so all of its offspring will receive a copy of the albino gene from this parent.
What does T+ mean in snakes?
If a snake is T+ then it is producing the enzyme, people give it to albino looking genetic mutations which are shown to still be producing the enzyme. This means they’ll still have a bit of pigment somewhere, eg their eyes won’t be totally pink like a real albino even if the rest of them looks totally amelanistic.
What does het albino mean in snakes?
Het means heterozygous. For a visual animal, two alleles of the gene must be present. Ie. an albino contains albino and albino allelles, allowing a visual albino animal.
What is a genetic morph?
In genetic polymorphism, the genetic makeup determines the morph. The term polymorphism also refers to the occurrence of structurally and functionally more than two different types of individuals, called zooids, within the same organism. It is a characteristic feature of cnidarians.
What is Hypo morph?
Medical Definition of hypomorph : a mutant gene having a similar but weaker effect than the corresponding wild-type gene.
What does double Het mean?
Double het means that the animal has two recessive genes which DO NOT show in the way the animal looks. A picture of a double het will LOOK LIKE A NORMAL so it’s appearance is irrelevant.