cornsnakenewbie
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I have my reverse okeetee, but what could I pair her up with when she is old enough?
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Pairing up with what?
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Dreamsnake
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Look up corncalc on Google and have a blast.
Jdog3131
(Not a) Senior Member
How about this place.
cornsnakenewbie
New member
the link didn't work. and I want to pair her up with one to make a really cool snake!
Allalaskan
The Crazy Alaskan
your link doesnt work Jdog.
Shiari
Blutterer
Newbie, because you have a reverse okeetee, which is a selectively bred type of amel, you are not going to be able to make, in the first generation, any "really cool snakes" if you breed her to anything that isn't at the least heterozygous for amelanism.
Corn snake morphs are mostly simple recessive. It's like that lesson we learn early on in science classes about eye color in humans. If a person with two genes for brown eyes ("normal") marries and has kids with a person with two genes for blue eyes (the recessive trait) all the kids will have brown eyes, but genetically carry one gene for brown eyes, and one gene for blue eyes. The blue eyes cannot be expressed unless there are *two* copies of the gene present.
Now, if a "het blue eyes" (one brown gene, one blue gene) marries and has children with a "homozygous blue eyes" (two copies of the blue gene) half the children will show brown eyes, and the other half would have blue eyes.
Each parent randomly contributes half of its genes to its offspring. So the 'het blue eyes' can either contribute a brown eye gene or a blue eye gene. The 'homozygous blue eyes' can ONLY contribute a blue eye gene because it has two of those.
So now we go to corn snakes. Wild type, or 'normal', is the dominant trait. If even one 'normal' copy of a gene is present, the snake will not show a different trait.
So, say we breed an okeetee (type of normal) carrying no other genes to your reverse okeetee (type of amel). The normal parent can only contribute normal genes. The RO parent can only contribute an amel gene. This means the offspring are carrying a normal gene, and an amel gene, and thus they all look normal. If you breed two of those offspring together, 1 in 4 of the babies should show the amelanism trait. That is because with the 50% chance regarding which gene will be contributed, you have to be lucky enough for them to match up. The math for that is 0.5 (50%) times 0.5, which equals 0.25, or 25%.
Corn snake morphs are mostly simple recessive. It's like that lesson we learn early on in science classes about eye color in humans. If a person with two genes for brown eyes ("normal") marries and has kids with a person with two genes for blue eyes (the recessive trait) all the kids will have brown eyes, but genetically carry one gene for brown eyes, and one gene for blue eyes. The blue eyes cannot be expressed unless there are *two* copies of the gene present.
Now, if a "het blue eyes" (one brown gene, one blue gene) marries and has children with a "homozygous blue eyes" (two copies of the blue gene) half the children will show brown eyes, and the other half would have blue eyes.
Each parent randomly contributes half of its genes to its offspring. So the 'het blue eyes' can either contribute a brown eye gene or a blue eye gene. The 'homozygous blue eyes' can ONLY contribute a blue eye gene because it has two of those.
So now we go to corn snakes. Wild type, or 'normal', is the dominant trait. If even one 'normal' copy of a gene is present, the snake will not show a different trait.
So, say we breed an okeetee (type of normal) carrying no other genes to your reverse okeetee (type of amel). The normal parent can only contribute normal genes. The RO parent can only contribute an amel gene. This means the offspring are carrying a normal gene, and an amel gene, and thus they all look normal. If you breed two of those offspring together, 1 in 4 of the babies should show the amelanism trait. That is because with the 50% chance regarding which gene will be contributed, you have to be lucky enough for them to match up. The math for that is 0.5 (50%) times 0.5, which equals 0.25, or 25%.
Jdog3131
(Not a) Senior Member
Jdog3131
(Not a) Senior Member
That is true I forgot to consider that because I was very tired and sick.Yea listen to her.
MysticExotics
(formerly NWHeather)
I agree with Jessica.
During the time that your corn is growing up, research morphs, & breeding, & keep in mind that you could get stuck with all or most of the babies, & you will need to be prepared to be able to feed all of them until you find homes, & if you don't fond homes, you will be stuck with several snakes to care for.
Also be aware of common morphs, & morphs that are not as popular, & know that those are the ones you are likely to be stuck with.
Not trying to discourage you, but more to make sure you're educated on what goes into breeding snakes.