by Bushviper » Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:14 am
The albinism gene is not lost with subsequent breedings as it is inherited from one of the parents and will be there and they will pass it on to their babies but less and less of the babies will carry it with each mating. This is why people speak of 66% poss het albinos and then 50% poss het albinos although the percentages can keep going lower. Very few snakes have visible markings which show that the babies are het for a specific mutation. There are some which can be picked up by people with a keen eye. Usually this is not possible with albinism and colour mutations but more with pattern mutations.
Some snakes like mojave Ball pythons are a visual het for leucistic ball pythons. Tiger retics are visual hets for super tigers and so on.
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