I did not say the "hidden" gene was in the lesser. What I said was that the "hidden" gene that is in NERD's woma is the same (or very near the same) as the "hidden" gene that is in RDRs "daddy" animals and that from what I recalled the consensus was that this gene is an allele to the others in the white snake complex.
And the means by which you say you have to breed to get a SoulSucker are not mutually exclusive from what I have said. There is more than one way to skin a cat after all
Plus, I have said no less than 6 times that I am not 100% on anything I am saying. I am speculating based on the information that is available, which is really all any of us can do because the fact of the matter is that no one really knows what is going on with the "hidden" gene (or genes if you think there are more than one of them). It is all still work in progress. I know what I would like to see done that I think would settle the matter but I am not presumptuous enough to email Ralph and tell him what I think he ought to do. But until it does get done we are all just playing a guessing game.