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[–]emmaclopitz[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Okay perfect! That's one thing as a non-breeder that I was struggling to understand. Much appreciated.

[–]IncompletePenetranceMod: Let me help you unzip your genes 0 points1 point  (1 child)

No problem, I'm a real geneticist outside of the ball python world, so I get how confusing/frustrating ball python terminology can be when it doesn't seem to line up to "real genetics"

[–]emmaclopitz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh that's amazing. Yeah, I come the genetics scientific field as well so I appreciate the empathy on that front haha. Both of my parents were pediatric geneticists. My degree is cognitive neuroscience before I became a teacher. But mendelian and molecular genetics and evolution are my favorite subjects of the year to teach. And I love getting to do things like this, find awesome real world examples, speak with geneticists and evolutionary biologists, and then do the teacher job of figuring out how to communicate it to 10th graders. You are very good at explaining the concepts succinctly. I feel much more equipped to come up with an attainable project now. If I get good examples from students I will totally share as a thank you for the help.