Posted By: Anonymous
Glider Breeding Terms - 05/25/07 07:05 PM
What does "het" mean?
Posted By: dranger1108
Re: Glider Breeding Terms - 05/25/07 07:07 PM
het means they carry they a certain percentage of a gene...
Posted By: Anonymous
Re: Glider Breeding Terms - 05/25/07 07:23 PM
It means that they are normally colored, but carry the gene of color. If you buy a % het, it means that it has that % chance of being a het. I have it explained here -
http://thegliderpouch.com/blog/index.cfm#3847594666581075186
Posted By: Anonymous
Re: Glider Breeding Terms - 05/25/07 07:39 PM
Het actually is short for Heterozygous
if you would like to read more on genetics this is a great page
http://www.petsugargliders.com/gene.php
Posted By: Xglider
Re: Glider Breeding Terms - 05/25/07 07:50 PM
Posted By: BlndGrl8
Re: Glider Breeding Terms - 05/25/07 10:56 PM
I was always wondering that as well! I'm glad you posted that question! Thanks for the links everyone, now I understand it better!!