Quote Originally Posted by Egapal View Post
So if the spider mutation is homozygous lethal would you then say that its codominant or would you say that the lethal/non lethal question is irrelevant.
I'm majorly sorry, but that is a very confusing question.


My understanding is that the pinstripe is a separate mutation from the spider. Pinstripe may be a true dominant mutation this would not prove anything regarding the spider mutation. The fact that a spinner has been produced and its is yet another phenotype would help validate that they are separate mutations.
Yes, I know they are separate mutations. That was not my point, I'm sorry to have confused you.

The reason I used the pin as an example is because the spider and pinstripe are the two BP mutations that are unknown to whether or not it is possible there are homozygous animals out there. We DO know that if there are, they do not look any different from a heterozygous animal.

The question is and always has been, is it lethal, or are their homozygous animals out there. Since all the animals from a pin x pin or spider x spider pairing all look the same, meaning they have no "super".