Parthenogenesis?

[NicoleG]

So, I have a questionable partho clutch also. I just want to clarify… if mom is a YB, will the babies all be YBs, or Super YBs?

[nikkubus]

So, I have a questionable partho clutch also. I just want to clarify… if mom is a YB, will the babies all be YBs, or Super YBs?

From what I understand, it would be like breeding the female to herself in punnet squares.
So YB x YB =
25% Super YB
50% YB
25% Normal

[Bogertophis]

From what I understand, it would be like breeding the female to herself in punnet squares.
So YB x YB =
25% Super YB
50% YB
25% Normal

I think that's the right way to look at it, & explains why the 3 rat snakes I hatched out from apparent parthenogenesis are all very different. The 'mom' is a c/b cross of Yellow & Gulf Hammock rat snakes, & likely something else (Everglades +++)- or what I call a Florida mix, having spoke to the source when I acquired the 4 "Florida" rat snakes as 1.5 year-olds. Thanks.

[asplundii]

I just want to clarify… if mom is a YB, will the babies all be YBs, or Super YBs?

Incorrect.

If mom is a YB and goes partho then she will produce only normals and Ivories. You will not get YBs from a partho clutch

[nikkubus]

Incorrect.

If mom is a YB and goes partho then she will produce only normals and Ivories. You will not get YBs from a partho clutch

So it has something to do with the egg self-fertilizing from whatever genetic info got sent to that specific egg? So each egg can be different, but every single allele is homozygous?

[asplundii]

So each egg can be different, but every single allele is homozygous?

Pretty much, yes
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So it has something to do with the egg self-fertilizing from whatever genetic info got sent to that specific egg?

The second polar body fuses back in with the egg