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genetics of offspring

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Question
QUESTION: i have a 7 ft female kahl albino double snow het and im looking to breed her to a redtail thats possibly double albino het and anery... should i expect any snows and how large of a clutch would you guess

ANSWER: I can answer this question no problem but I need you clarify some things first.  The first snake IS albino and is heterozygous for snow-correct?  The second snake is a possible (so we're hoping) double het but looks normal-correct?

Assuming those two things are what you meant:

Snake A's Genotype-aaBb
Snake B's Genotype-AaBb (if it truly is a double het)

If those are the true genotypes EACH baby has a one in eight change of being snow.  Many people would say every 8th baby should be snow, but that is incorrect.  Each offspring has it's own odds.

If I misinterpreted the Geno/phenotypes of your snakes let me know and we'll try again.

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QUESTION: Yes the female is albino and only has a hint of the red pigment in her tail... The male is normal looking but shows very little red pigment... And more greys... The clutch he came from had sunglows and albinos and a few ghosts but he looks regular

ANSWER: Ok, then the ratios I gave you should be correct-I could more certain if I knew the genotypes of the parents of the "normal."

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QUESTION: thank you for responding so quickly... i have one last question... what other morphs or variations could i expect... and thanks again

Answer
In short everything:  single hets, double hets, albinos (het and not), anerys (het and not), and then the snows.  So basically everything but true normals (even the normal phenotypes would be het for something if not both things).  And again that is assuming the genotypes we discussed.