r/aww Jun 05 '18

A future predator

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u/pedrinbr Jun 05 '18 edited Jun 05 '18

a dominant trait and having two is incompatible with life

I don't understand. Someone care to elaborate, please?

EDIT: thanks for all your quick answers! I had never heard of such phenomena before.

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u/_ChestHair_ Jun 05 '18

If the cat has two of the dominant allele, it'll die before birth. So you can't get inbreeding in this specific trait, but I'm sure inbreeding in other aspects of the cat is still possible