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What does 'het' mean?

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Islandzoo

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I assume it's short for something ?

I'm just trying to figure out what all the different colours are. its all a bit confusing :confused:

I know what 'normal' is (I think!!!), and Amelanistic, and Anerythistic (sp) and snow, I don't quite get 'lavender' (I don't see any mauve....) but it's difficult to tell from photos anyway isn't it.
 
A lot of answers are given at the first thread ( the sticky from Joejr14) .
"Het" means heterozygous , see on Joejr14 thread . :crazy02:
 
I have read that - ok, what does heterozygous mean in Simple terms - not the complex scientific explanation, - what does 'amel het anery' mean ??
 
Islandzoo said:
I have read that - ok, what does heterozygous mean in Simple terms - not the complex scientific explanation, - what does 'amel het anery' mean ??
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It means that the animal is visual amelanistic (carries two copies of the recessive gene Amel) but it carries one copy the gene for anerythristic as well - without showing it, as anerythristic is a recessive and requires two copies to show.
 
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