Het question

[VTHokie]

So, my little male was fathered by a male het. DB. My question is whether these genes are assorted independently or not. In other words, could my male be het. blizzard, but not eclipse, for example? Could I breed him to a RAPTOR female and prove he is het. RAPTOR, and prove him out to be het. blizzard in the same fashion with another female? He is a visual albino, so we at least have that base covered .

 

[JoshuaTrana]

I think that is where you have a case that he has a 50% chance of being het. You just have to test and see if he got it or not. Now im not sure but i think htat is how it works

 

[cassadaga]

Your male could be only het for blizzard, only het for eclipse, or only het for Tremper. If you're lucky, (assuming this is what you want), it could be het for all three, or atleast two of the traits. It has a 50% chance of carrying any of the given traits.

 

[Dirt McGirt]

Ok I feel ignorant, so please forgive me. But what exactly does HET mean?

N8

 

[VTHokie]

Het = heterozygous, meaning the animal has only one copy of a gene. All the traits at play in this scenario are simple recessive, so they aren't expressed when only one copy is present.

The little guy in question is a Tablino Enigma, so I'll work on proving him with my blizzard and RAPTOR females next year. Thanks for clarifying!

 

[JoshuaTrana]

To make it simple, they have the gene but its recessive, or doesnt show. So you breed to hets or a het and one that shows the gene, and if it is het and it manages to get a the right genes it will show.

 

[paulh]

Ok I feel ignorant, so please forgive me. But what exactly does HET mean?

We all start out ignorant.

All pairs of genes are either homozygous or heterozygous.

Homozygous = the two genes in a gene pair are the same. Examples - two normal genes, two Tremper albino gene, two Mack snow genes, two A blood type genes (in a human).

Heterozygous (slang het) = the two genes in a gene pair are not the same. Examples - a normal gene and a Tremper albino gene, an A blood type gene and a B blood type gene (in a human).

Many herpers think that a het animal looks normal. That is true if the creature has a normal gene paired with a recessive mutant gene, like Tremper albino, which is the most common situation. But a het animal does not look normal if it has a normal gene paired with a dominant or codominant mutant gene, such as Mack snow.

 

[Dirt McGirt]

Thanks for all the great info. genetics seem confusing.
But why do hets sell cheaper?

N8

 

[VTHokie]

Because only half of their offspring inherit the genes for the trait, statistically speaking.