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I think what confuses a lot of folks is snakes being listed as '66% het' or '50% het.' The key point to make, which a lot of y'all have already stated, is it's a 66% chance or 50% possibility of being het for whatever trait.

I think if breeders are selling possible hets, they should be labled accordingly as possible not just as a %, because this really tends to confuse folks. Many breeders already do so, while others do not even identify possibles (usually the larger breeders--which makes for some nice surprises when you breed your lavs or butters and stripes pop out).

Lastly, just to reiterate, once a possible het is proven to be het through breeding trials, it is (and really always was) 100% het, but just could not be stated to certainty. This also confuses some folks when hets are stated as 100%, because it is either het or it is not het.
 
danvega said:
I think what confuses a lot of folks is snakes being listed as '66% het' or '50% het.' The key point to make, which a lot of y'all have already stated, is it's a 66% chance or 50% possibility of being het for whatever trait.
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It shouldn't be so confusing. I think of it this way:

Het: the snake is known to have received the gene from one parent or has been bred and produced offspring that express the gene. Means the same thing as "100% het".

50% het: One of the snake's parents was het for the gene, so the snake may carry it or may not. The chances of either being true are equal.

66% het: Both of the snake's parents were het for the gene. Since the gene isn't being expressed, one of three things has happened - the snake got the gene from the male parent, the snake got the gene from the female parent, or the snake didn't get the gene from either parent. Each of these is just as likely to be true, so the chances of the snake having received the gene are 2 out of 3 (Dad or Mom versus Neither).
 
jaxom1957 said:
It shouldn't be so confusing. I think of it this way:

Het: the snake is known to have received the gene from one parent or has been bred and produced offspring that express the gene. Means the same thing as "100% het".

50% het: One of the snake's parents was het for the gene, so the snake may carry it or may not. The chances of either being true are equal.

66% het: Both of the snake's parents were het for the gene. Since the gene isn't being expressed, one of three things has happened - the snake got the gene from the male parent, the snake got the gene from the female parent, or the snake didn't get the gene from either parent. Each of these is just as likely to be true, so the chances of the snake having received the gene are 2 out of 3 (Dad or Mom versus Neither).
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Now that makes a lot of sense :) Did find out that my little girl is out of a Ultra Hypo Motley and a Blizzard.
 
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