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Co-dominant ball python gene · super form: Super Champagne

Champagne Ball Python: Genetics and Pairing Odds

Champagne is a co-dominant (incomplete dominant) gene. One copy gives the Champagne look, and two copies make the Super Champagne, a stronger version of it. Bred to a normal, a Champagne gives about half Champagne babies; a Super Champagne gives Champagne babies every time. Two copies of Champagne do not survive, so Champagne × Champagne pairings lose about a quarter of the eggs.

What Champagne pairings produce

PairingBabies, per egg
Champagne × Normal50% Champagne50% Normal
Champagne × Champagne50% Champagne25% Non-viable egg (homozygous Champagne)25% Normal
Super Champagne × Normal100% Champagne
Super Champagne × Champagne50% Non-viable egg (homozygous Champagne)50% Champagne

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