Actually, the litter last year had a number of variants within that litter. That is a couple babies that looked very similar to the patternless babies. Several reverse stripe babies were in the litter with one in particular that looked exactly like an intermediate form that you might expect to see if the patternless animals were actually "Supers". Still the genetics is unknown and something that I think we will all watch with great anticipation.



The Magee litter also had at least one reverse stripe animal. That is at least with last years litter something they had in common. Still nothing is proven in either line regarding the nature of this abnormality.



In the future when the precise nature of this particular mutation is proven, it seems most likely that the other patternless varieties where more than one offspring was produced are probably genetically identical. Though that cannot be stated until proven. I think it is entirely possible that one line may be the product of a co-dom mutation while the other may be the product of a simple recessive mutation.



Time will tell. Great fun and congrats!
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