Ghost; Hypo; Orange Ghost Ball Python
peer reviewedMLPHrecessive
How it inherits
- One copy
- One copy shows nothing at all. The animal looks ordinary and is called a carrier, or “het”.
- Two copies
- Two copies, one from each parent, are needed before it appears.
Ghost; Hypo; Orange Ghost carrier × Ghost; Hypo; Orange Ghost carrier
Four ways the two can meet.
1 in 4het Ghost; Hypo; Orange Ghost
1 in 4het Ghost; Hypo; Orange Ghost
1 in 4Ghost; Hypo; Orange Ghost
1 in 4Normal
- het Ghost; Hypo; Orange Ghost50%
- Ghost; Hypo; Orange Ghost25%
- Normal25%
A pale box is an animal that shows the morph. These are the odds for each egg on its own, not a promise about a clutch.
What this rests on
A peer-reviewed paper identifies the variant behind this morph in the gene MLPH.
- A frameshift variant in the melanophilin gene is associated with loss of pigment from shed skin in ball pythons (Python regius). — MicroPubl Biol 2023
What happens if you breed it
Every pairing involving Ghost; Hypo; Orange Ghost, worked out gene by gene — including what the clutch can be and anything documented about the animals it produces.