Kevin you are absolutely right with all those crosses. Those genes are in the same genetic complex and combined to form a homozygous animal that the two genes then split when bred.

I think the genetics that seem to be most interesting is the toffino (toffee x albino) cross.

Looking at the history, you would think it would act much the same as these other genes have.... alleles of the same gene that in it's homozygous form would then be forced to split...

However, so many people breeding to make toffinos in hopes the genes meld and creates it's own gene that when bred will produce 0 het toffinos! What happens if toffinos split and produce (50% het toffees and P het albinos) and unlike the puma, highway, vanilla cream, where the genes are obvious to distinguish from one another, the toffino offspring will all look normal and will be terrible in future breeding projects and a dead end. It's gonna be basically impossible to split the genes once they've been crossed?

I think the female toffee/candy gets took a huge hit when the compatibility came to light, however how much is that gonna change when the toffino doesn't make 100% het toffinos?? Last I checked double het males don't sell very well on their own.

Genetic question of the year for me.

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