hii i was wondering how they morphed ball pythons with all the different patterns is it something natural or do they inject something in the eggs? or something like that .....
Morphs are not genetically engineered, they are genetic mutations. Just like any animal in the wild there are albinos and melanistics (black/dark) that pop up from time to time. Ball pythons just happen to have a lot of genetic mutations that pop up in the wild and in captive breeding. There have been pieds, pastels, mojaves, you name it found out in the wild. Many genetic mutations are genetic and can be reproduced by breeding, but there are also a lot of mutations that pop up that cannot be reproduced. You never know!
Hello,
the process of getting a 'morph' started slow but has sped up over time. The first 'morph' was actually a genetic defect. In the wild, this genetic defect would likely die off, but in captivity it can be bred over and over until it becomes a 'morph'. Then, if you breed one morph with another morph, you will get a whole new morph. So yes, it is natural, but would likely not happen in the wild.
Morph refers to color or pattern. This is determined by genetics ... what the parents pass down to the offspring. Just like two people with blond hair have a good chance of having a child with blond hair, but some of the children could have brown hair.
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It is natural, but individual snakes are chosen to breed to try to obtain the desired result.:)
Lol, no it's all about the genetics. Breeding certain morphs to others creates new morphs.
This site is great at explaining Ball Python genetics.
http://www.ballpython.ca/genetics.html
Morphed? lol is that even a word? Morphs are brought on by mutations and selective breeding there is no egg injections
