Axanthic Western Hognose

Recessive morph

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

Axanthic is recessive: a western hognose needs two copies to show it. Animals with one copy look normal but are "het Axanthic" 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.

Axanthic × Normal

  • 100%Normal · het Axanthic

Axanthic × het Axanthic

  • 50%Axanthic
  • 50%Normal · het Axanthic

het Axanthic × het Axanthic

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

Axanthic × Axanthic

  • 100%Axanthic
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