Originally Posted by abi21491
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?
Yeah, except for the first paragraph. LOL I guess I'm being weird. I don't think you can compare platinum gene confusion with co-dom genes that produce BEL.
The rest of this post has clarified the subject to me though. Until you look at the original post. How do you get platinums from a platinum X lesser breeding? Ralphy did! Do you think Ralph Davis goofed on his records?
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