Leopard Gecko Genetics Question

[JordanAng420]

I'm almost embarrased to ask this, because I really should know this. This year, I will be doing some VERY small scale breeding with my leopard geckos. I won't be selling any of my babies yet, and i'd like to get a better handle on the genetics aspect of the whole thing as well. This is what I currently have:
1 male RAPTOR reverse stripe

1 male tangerine (super hypo carrot tail)

2 female tangerines (hypo carrot tails, one's a baldy)

1 female tangerine enigma 66% het Raptor, 100% het Tremper Albino

Here's where it gets confusing. I've got all the tangs figured out, since they're dominant traits with no hets, that's no problem. But what happens when I do something like this...what would be the outcomes?

RAPTOR x enigma (poss het raptor, het tremper albino)

So i'd get enigmas, tremper enigmas, enigmas het raptor, tremper enigmas het raptor, novas...I'm so confused. Any help to figure out percentages would be wonderful. Thanks in advance. :blushing:

 

[Riverside Reptiles]

It's actually even more confusing than you think because "raptor" is not a single genetic mutation...it's several. So, your male isn't really a raptor if it's not patternless, it's a tremper albino reverse stripe eclipse. On the same hand, your female enigma is het. albino and 66% chance of having each of the various other traits that make up raptor. So she could be het for all of those...or some of those but not others...or none of them at all. So, although I'm certain that all I've done is make things more confusing, I'll leave you to figure out the mathematical odds on all of that stuff. It makes my head hurt just to think about it.

 

[OffshoreMetal]

I am a noob in morphs and everything like this... This is so confusing ! I just didnt understood half that was said And Riverside, you confused me more
I wish one day ill understand all theses meanings.

 

[Chewbecca]

I agree with Riverside Reptiles.

Anytime you toss in a RAPTOR (well, really a HET for RAPTOR) it's up in the air as to what you'll get.

But part of that is fun!

I have a Reverse Stripe Tremper 66% het for RAPTOR, who I'm either pairing with a Tremper Enigma het RAPTOR or a Reverse Stripe Enigma het RAPTOR, so it'll be up in the air as to what I'll get.
I'm HOPING I'll get some awesome reverse stripe enigmas, but who knows?
The RAPTOR gene can give you so many things.

And the thing is, too, is that you may not even be 100% sure what morph hatchlings you have until they get older.
THAT part is a little shaky, to me, but I'll recover.

:biggrin: