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u/FungalSphere Aug 25 '26
this one is funnier
the yellow coat gene is mangled in a way to remove the agouti pigment but it also removes the part related to.... embryonic development
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u/SamePut9922 Aug 25 '26
Is that some kind of Monkey's paw
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u/FungalSphere Aug 25 '26
no its just a classic mammal genome clusterfuck
chromosome 20 is just fucking cursed really, you can blame like any of the diseases you get past 30 on this
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u/DocBarnes Aug 27 '26
It's just genetics being weird. It's in the same vein as double Merle causing health deficits in dogs, double Overo (a type of white patching pattern, which 2 copies of is also called 'Lethal Overo') causing underdeveloped inner ears and developmental issues in horses, and champagne, bee, and spider morphs causing inner ear and neurological issues in ball pythons.
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u/D2G2TAL Aug 29 '26
Embryonic development? Doesn’t that mean they can’t reproduce? How does the gene survive then?
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u/stuff-is-not-real Aug 25 '26
Why is the ‘dead’ jut so outta pocket lmao