Multiple Hets

[brandy101010]

Ok, I understand how you would get a double het, but how do you get a triple het? I Have even seen people claim of animals being het for 5 or more traits. Could someone explane to me how this is done or point me to a website that would explane it?
Thanks!

 

[LeosForLess]

You breed. for example, a blazing blizzard to a patternless albino. All babies will be albino, het for bliz and patty. Breed that to a banana blizzard and you can get normals, het for albino, bliz, and paty.

 

[brandy101010]

Thanks paul. Still a little confused, about the whole genetics behind making muiltiple hets. I guess I will get it in time.

 

[dragonflyreptiles]

Brandy, don't feel bad, I still don't understand the genetics very well either.

 

[Golden Gate Geckos]

Keeping track of the hets is difficult enough in itself! This is why it is so very important to keep meticulous records when working with multiple het morphs.

 

[snmreptiles]

You breed. for example, a blazing blizzard to a patternless albino. All babies will be albino, het for bliz and patty. Breed that to a banana blizzard and you can get normals, het for albino, bliz, and paty.

Actually you would get normals, 100% het for bliz and albino, 50% het for patternless...Unless your term for a banana blizzard is double homozygous for blizz and patternless (If so you are completely correct, I just haven't ever heard them called banana blizz's I guess!)

Brandi, look at cornsnakes...Most are het for sooo many things people don't even know it. For instance if you bred a motley opal corn (Homozygous for amelanistic, lavender, and motley) to a ghost striped (Homozygous for hypomelanistic, anerythristic, and striped) you would get a normal looking corn snake that is 100% het for 6 traitis (Amel, Lavender, Hypo, Anery, Striped and Motley).

Hope that helped a bit...
Mike
www.snmreptiles.com