If you have a request for genetic testing that we do not already offer for a reptile that is common in the reptile hobby, we need your sheds! Please remove and dry your clean sheds, and place a piece about the size of a silver dollar in an envelope. Please also include the sex, any known mutation that the animal (or animals) has, Het or Homozygous, and mail it to us. These sheds help us develop and design new tests! Possible Hets DO NOT help us with research. Please send sheds with 100% known genetics only.
Mail Us Your Research Sheds: RGI PO Box 1368 Christiansburg, VA 24068
**NOTE: This address is for research shed only!** To send in paid shed test orders, please follow the instructions emailed to you by our vendors OR ship to the address on our "contact us" form on this website.
Tests We Need
Help us complete our Complex shed tests by sending in samples from these Ball Python Morphs.
Calico - D Grade
Daddy
Redhead
Zuwadi
Stranger
Flame
Sable
Mahogany
Lemonback
Lori
Nyala
Flare
Razor
RK Asphalt
Sulfur
Tristripe
Furrow
Connect with Our Team
If you have something more rare, email us at raregeninc@gmail.com and tell us what you are working with, and how you would like us to help, and we will get back to you!
About Our Test Grades
The test grade describes the accuracy of different tests we offer. You can help us improve the accuracy of our shed tests by sending in samples.
A+
There is at least one Peer reviewed scientific paper detailing this mutation. Our lab has run over 1000 homozygous, heterozygous, and normal samples have been run and match known genetics, and all known mutations are covered by our test.Peer reviewed scientific paper detailing this mutation. Over 1000 homozygous, heterozygous, and normal samples have been run and match known genetics, and all known mutations are covered by our test.
Expected accuracy for this test is over 99.9%.
A
Over 1000 homozygous, heterozygous, and normal samples have been run and match known genetics, and all known mutations are covered by our test.
Expected accuracy for this test is over 99.9%.
B
Over 500 homozygous, heterozygous, and normal samples have been run and match known genetics. Until we reach a few thousand, we will keep our eyes open for anything "new" or "unexpected".
Expected accuracy for this test is over 99.5%.
C
A minimum of 200 homozygous, heterozygous, up to several thousand have been run and match known genetics/mutations over 99% of the time. To date our test accounts for all located/known mutations that cause this phenotype, but we are still looking to see if there are any signs that another mutation exists that causes this morph.
Expected accuracy for this test is over 99%. (We should clarify that this means it will be 99% accurate for the mutation that we are testing for, and that we are letting you know that it is very possible that there are more mutations out there that are compatible, that we don't have a test for yet). So a Het or Hom result will be generally correct, and a negative means you may have one of the secondary mutations that there is not currently a test for yet.
