Keep in mind that the website contains information "to the best of my knowledge",and ability to describe it..."at that time". I have continued my work with them,and the story is now in need of a few new chapters...if,by "we" you mean the "boacultural community" at large then sure,that's probably true,I never bet the farm on it being a "single gene set mutation"...but,having more than one set of genes working within the same line of animals,is the best reason I can think of to name,and pay attention to the bloodline rather than trying to name each,and every anomolous look it produces,and presenting individuals as "possible" this,or that(the "problem" with another variable "morph" that should've been recognized as a "bloodline" IMHO.) the patternless anomolies produced this past year were fathered by a completely "normal looking" F3 bred to a completely unrelated animal!"normals" from this line have produced expressive individuals numerous times..as for the recipe for proof you suggested,I would agree that that particular path is much too long,and time consuming...my thoughts are,rather than slowly spiral up that mountain in the name of science,littering the path with an excessive number of animals of questionable value,I'm going to take the elevator straight to the summit,so I can enjoy the view in my lifetime...I'll drink a little toast to proof & science from there.
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