Quote Originally Posted by RandyRemington View Post
Yes, this potential homozygous spider would be the first direct indication that spider might be dominant. It's been called dominant for years do to the lack of a visibly different super spider but that could also have been explained by spider being homozygous lethal which I think would qualify as a co-dominant mutation.

Would love to see these prove out regularly just to be sure this one isn't a fluke like maybe he is a paradox/chimera and his reproductive organs are one of the few parts that are homozygous spider. If he could be traced back to the breeder to see if he they even did any spider X spider breedings that year it would help to weigh if he is just a conventional homozygous spider or some more exotic explanation. Have to wonder why no other potential homozygous spiders became public in the decades before now.
I like to call it unproven dominant. Would be even more interesting if it was a chimera type of thing... ahhh the possibilities. There has been a couple possible homozygous spider claims, one never followed up after making the claim a few years ago and the other one the animal passed away after 9 or 11 eggs all being spider ircc, so that was the end of that. Only 2 I know of.