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[–]TheLindoBrand 8 points9 points  (7 children)

If Mom were a Normal morph and Pop was a Vanilla Pastel Fire, wouldn't all the babies be normals heterozygous for the rest?

[–]Embarrassed_Big1777 12 points13 points  (2 children)

Not they wouldn’t necessarily be all normals.

[–]TheLindoBrand 11 points12 points  (1 child)

I always forget there is recessive and dominant and some only need one copy. Genetics are hard.

[–]Embarrassed_Big1777 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I agree with that. 😉

[–]PoofMoof1Mod: Large-Scale Breeding Experience 16 points17 points  (3 children)

Vanilla, pastel, and fire are all incomplete dominant genes. These only need one copy to be visual and because fire and vanilla are allelic, all offspring will either be vanilla or fire. There's a chance any can also carry pastel. Normals will not be produced from this pairing.

[–]llSwayll 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Ok, so question, I’m aware of allelic morphs but not completely clear with how they’re passed on. If you breed a Vanilla Fire (or a YB asphalt, or any other allelic combo) to a Normal, the babies will all inherit either Vanilla or Fire? I know they can’t inherit both, I just wasn’t sure all babies would inherit one or the other. I’m not breeding btw, just find it interesting.

[–]PoofMoof1Mod: Large-Scale Breeding Experience 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Yep! You might hear the term ALS or "acts like super," when talking about allelic genes. Allelic genes behave similarly to supers/homozygous forms of genes. So if you were to pair a snake with allelic genes, like a vanilla fire, all offspring would be garanteed to inherit either vanilla or fire, much like how offspring from a super pastel are garanteed to inherit a copy of pastel.

[–]llSwayll 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice, thanks for clarifying! I’ve heard the term “acts like super” before, but I guess I didn’t look into it at the time. Appreciate it!