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What are the genetics of the Lesser-Platty Daddy morphs? I know that Platties x Normals produce Lessers, and that there is a hidden gene needed to produce Platties...What does this Hidden Gene Platty look like? Does it look just like a Normal? Any pics? Are Lessers and Butters the same thing? Have anybody tried to produce a Platty Daddy from a Butter and a Hidden Gene Platty? How about breeding a Butter to a Platty?
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There is no “hidden” gene here. The gene you are asking about is now generally referred to as either “het Platty” or “het Daddy” and it is just the weakest member of the het BluEL group. A PlattyDaddy is basically the same as, say, a Lesser x Mojave, it is just that the “het Daddy” allele is so weak that it does not cause an extreme phenotype change. The het Daddy seems to be a phenotypically WT animal thought there may be some very subtle markers

All the answers and animals you seek can be found on Ralph’s birthing records but here are the highlights:

I do not recall the first time he did it but years ago Ralph did Platty x Platty and only got one egg and what came out was a normal looking animal. He repeated it this year (Clutch 11) and got a SuperLesser a couple Plattys and three or four normal looking animals. These normals are SuperDaddy. If you were to breed one of these to a SuperLesser you would get all Platty.

There are numerous clutches where he bred het Daddy to Butter and produced ButterDaddys real quick, you can find one in Clutch 3 from 2010

Thanks for the info!
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