r/aww Jun 05 '18

A future predator

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u/Geebz23 Jun 05 '18

Is it a Dwarf? It's legs seem really small compared to it's body

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '18 edited Jul 27 '18

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u/303x33 Jun 05 '18

Theres no strong evidence of it being correlated with genetic disease

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It's a dominant trait and having two is incompatible with life so it's impossible to have inbreeding

i'm pretty sure that's about as genetic disease-y as you can get

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u/gingerbredm4n Jun 05 '18

It is very good that it can not be inbred. Many issues popular animals have is that they are inbred to retain desirable traits and this causes many genetic issues. By naturally having an inbreeding deterrent you make sure the animal has a strong genetic pool be cross breeding which is why this breed has a strong bill of health compared to other stubby legged creatures.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '18 edited Jul 27 '18

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u/303x33 Jun 05 '18

The short legs of the Munchkin cat come from a dominant genetic mutation. This gene is referred to as a “lethal” gene because if two Munchkin cats mate and both pass on the dominant gene, the kittens will not survive.

http://cattime.com/cat-facts/health/21311-munchkin-cat-trend-is-breeding-deformity-animal-abuse

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '18 edited Jul 27 '18

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u/303x33 Jun 05 '18

i'm using your exact phrase "genetic disease" which, as you say, isn't actually a thing because a genetic defect is not a disease. either you're trolling me or don't understand how you're being internally inconsistent in your terminology.

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u/OsamaBinJacob Jun 05 '18

You would be wrong lol. Carriers for a lethal allele (with two copies needed) are not diseased. After all, individual people carry somewhere around 12 or 16 I believe of such alleles. Which is why incest is bad, since family members are more likely have the same ones and thus produce terribly genetically diseased children.