It really is no more complicated than any other gene, people just think it is because you can't visually see it.It works like any of the other co-dom genes within the BEL group - the Platinum (Lesser x Het Platty) is a "super" (homozygous) animal just like a Lesser x Lesser or Lesser x Mojave.
When you breed a Platinum (Lesser x Het Platty) to a Normal you should get about 50% Lessers and 50% Het Plattys (they look normal). You cannot get a Platinum out of a Platinum unless you breed it to 1) a Het Platty 2) A Lesser or 3) another Platinum.
In turn you can't get any normals out of a Platinum, all offspring will be atleast Lesser or Het Platty.
No Lessers carry the Het Platty gene. If they had that gene they would be Platinums, not Lessers.
Does that make sense?
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