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Old 03-28-2007, 09:47 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Re: What exactly is a Th. radix "Quad het"

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Originally Posted by Cazador View Post
Hey Hans,

Just to be clear, that means it looks like a normal individual, but there is a 66% chance that one of its two forms (alleles) of a gene is recessive. It also means there is a 33.3% chance that neither of its alleles are recessive, and you would have bought a completely "normal" snake.
I respectfully disagree. A het is 100% sure to carry a recessive trait.

However a 66% possible het would be what Cazador describes...
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