Clown Ball python

Recessive morph

Inheritance
Recessive
Super form
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Allelic with
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Also called
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How Clown is inherited

Clown is recessive: a ball python needs two copies to show it. Animals with one copy look normal but are "het Clown" and pass the gene to about half their babies.

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Breeding outcomes

Odds per egg. Try your own pairing in the genetics calculator.

Clown × Normal

  • 100%Normal · het Clown

Clown × het Clown

  • 50%Clown
  • 50%Normal · het Clown

het Clown × het Clown

  • 75%Normal · 67% poss. het Clown
  • 25%Clown

Clown × Clown

  • 100%Clown
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