Ball Python Breeding question?? Help!

[CornSnakes556]

Hi again,
Ok, we have 1 Normal Female Ball Python and 1 Male 100% Het pied. Can someone help us figure out that we will come out with, I already know they'll all be normals 66% het pied?? PLEASE correct me if I'm wrong. If I breed the offspring together, with the gene be shown? Even though they are 66% het?

 

[danvega]

Wrong forum but . . .

Normal to het pied will yield offspring that have a 50% possibility of being het pied (het to het breeding would yield 66% possible het offspring). In other words, half of the offspring will be normal, the other half will be het pied (statistically though). All of the offspring will appear normal (unless you place any credence in pied markers--I don't though). Breeding the offspring back to the het pied male (father) or to each other may yield a pied.

Don't be confused by 50% or 66% het. Something is either het or it is not. The percents just stipulate the probability of it being het. Therefore, these listing are more of a shorthand that should read "50% possible het." That's why I dislike when hets are stated as 100% het--all that is needed is het.--the 100% leads to confusion down the road.

 

[El Jefe]

Breeding the offspring back to the het pied male (father) or to each other may yield a pied.

Exactly. Statistically, 1 out of 2 should have the gene (50%) So...theoretically, if you pair the father (100% het = with gene) with a daughter you COULD get a pied IF you pick a daughter that got the gene from dad. If the daughter did not get the gene...you are back to producing normals that are 50% het.