IF I read that artical correctly, the instance of "bipaternity" is really the chimera syndrome I mentioned below. Notice that the egg was "bipolar(-the term they used)". In other words, two eggs in one. The resulting offspring was not infact a single egg with two different sperm cells fertilizing it, but two distinct eggs, each fertilized by one sperm.

So, back to your original situation, that could only produce a baby thats half one trait and half the other, not both. Look at the pidgeon and tranfer the same results onto a snake...Lets use spider and pastel for the traits in question. It would seem the "mosaic" model would give you a snake that may be pastel for several inches and spider for the next few inches....not a bumble bee. Follow me?

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