Understanding the platty gene?

[abi21491]

Still don't think you can compare them. None of the other BEL producing genes work the same way. There is no lesser mojave, etc...

Not gonna argue though. LOL I think your mind is made up.

You said in your first post that lessers don't carry the platty gene. I guess it's a little harder for me to grasp. I'll catch on though.

That doesn't mean they aren't on the same locus They are on the same locus because a Platinum is a super, it can't produce normals. If it wasn't on the same locus, normals would be produced - kind of like when you breed a Bumblebee (Spider x Pastel) to a normal.. You'll get Spiders, Pastels, Bees and Normals. A Platinum x Normal will give Lessers and Het Plattys, like a Lesser x Mojo BEL will give all Lessers and Mojos. No normals but it also can't reproduce itself UNLESS the other parent provides one of the needed genes.

No, a Lesser can't carry the gene, but a Platinum does. It is a Lesser x Het Platinum. Aalomon's answer below breaks it down well

How do they work differently? The only difference is a het platty isnt visual.

...and yes, lessers do not carry the platty gene or they would be a platty. However, you can get a platty from a platty (one lesser gene, one het platty gene) x lesser (one normal gene, one lesser gene) breeding.

Theoretically, from this pairing you could the following genetic combinations:
Baby 1 - 2 lesser genes - visual BEL
Baby 2 - 1 lesser gene, 1 het platty gene - visual Platty
Baby 3 - 1 lesser gene, 1 normal gene - visual Lesser
Baby 4 - 1 het platty gene, 1 normal gene - het platty that looks normal

Those are all the possibly babies you could get from a platty x lesser cross so its not surprising a platty popped out.

Also wanted to point out that some of the other BEL linked genes don't make BELs when bred together:

Mojave x Mystic - Mystic Potion
Mojave x Special - Crystal

They are still super forms though because those genes are all sitting on the same locus.