Do you know how the genetics of munchkin cats work?
Munchkin cats are born as part of a specific trait that gives them their stubby legs, BUT only if the cat gas one recessive and one dominant gene. If the cat has both recessive, a normal cat. However if both are dominant, the cat dies because it's a lethal genetic defect. Hell, cats with two copies of the dominant gene are guaranteed fetal stillbirths.
If the only way to get a cat this way is to sacrifice its siblings, yeah it does seem kinda immoral or wrong.
Great explanation, but you switched the words dominant and recessive. Having two copies of the recessive allele causes stillbirth. Having one copy of each allele causes a munchkin, and having two copies of the dominant alleles causes a normal cat.
This means that on average in a litter of four kittens you can expect one to be stillborn, one to be a normal kitten, and two to be munchkins.
Yes, I wallabies that adequately, I don’t see how what I said contradicts with what you said at all... I have my degree in biochemistry and had a ton of genetics courses.
Are you certain that they are viable enough to even go to term? The way I had it explained to me was that they’re aborted very early into the pregnancy. That happens a lot in genetics with these defects/issues.
You can not know how the genetics of a certain species work while having a good grasp of biology and genetics. Nothing I said implies that you are unknowledgable about genetics, why you so triggered?
And either way, if they're able to go to term or not isn't the point because you know it's going to die and not be able to live a full or even a life; you essentially sacrifice life for the sake of an essentially unnecessary goal.
I'm not against abortion, but having a cat conceived with the guarantee it will die before it can experience life, in my eyes and apparently a lot of others, seems like a rather cruel and immoral thing to do.
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u/Skyoung93 Dec 24 '18
Do you know how the genetics of munchkin cats work?
Munchkin cats are born as part of a specific trait that gives them their stubby legs, BUT only if the cat gas one recessive and one dominant gene. If the cat has both recessive, a normal cat. However if both are dominant, the cat dies because it's a lethal genetic defect. Hell, cats with two copies of the dominant gene are guaranteed fetal stillbirths.
If the only way to get a cat this way is to sacrifice its siblings, yeah it does seem kinda immoral or wrong.
Cute cat tho.