Dominant ball python gene

Malum Ball Python: Genetics and Pairing Odds

Malum is a dominant gene: one copy shows fully, so half the babies from a Malum bred to a normal are Malum. Two copies look the same as one, but a homozygous animal passes the gene to every baby.

In Lock and Lay, Malum can't be bought at the start. It turns up only as a spontaneous mutation, from a lucky egg, and the first breeder to hatch one gets their name on the discovery board.

What Malum pairings produce

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Put any two animals into the ball python morph calculator for the full odds, hets and supers included. Or breed Malum ball pythons in Lock and Lay, a free ball python game where every clutch follows these same odds and the babies sell on a live market.

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Other dominant genes

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