"Can the gene be selectively bred to eventually become a simple recessive?"

Well, on a good portion of the other points there aren't really any absolute hard answers to, but a recessive gene is only a recessive gene from the very beginning, or it isn't at all. It can't gradually be line-bred to ever become a true recessive trait per se. However things CAN sometimes be line-bred for a more dominant presence pertaining to it's ability to be displayed much more often. This can have MANY facets to it that aren't very well understood though.

There could also be some ACTUAL heterozygous animals mixed in with some of the other's that JUST SO HAPPEN to also be aberrant. This would easily give false breeding conclusions too if the "wrong" one's were chosen to breed together. Hard to say until much more is proven with them I guess.

They sure are awesome looking, that much I CAN say for certain..LOL!


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