Random theoretical question

[RoyalCityReptiles]

Let's pretend for a minute that we have discovered the gene for dwarfism.
And just like gigantism, there is a co-dom dwarf, and a dominant super dwarf...
What do you think would happen if you bred a super giant to a super dwarf???

-Nate

 

[LeopardLunatic]

it would probably produce a normal as the genes would most likely cancel each other out

 

[RoyalCityReptiles]

it would probably produce a normal as the genes would most likely cancel each other out

I thought so too... but if you can have a striped/reverse striped patternless...

I see it going a couple ways... 1 being the one you mentioned, another being lethal, and yet another is the animal would be disfigured...and finally you would get dwarfs, giants and normals

-Nate

 

[Geckoreo]

probably will depend on which co-dom is dominant.

 

[LeosForLess]

well, i think technically its incomplete dominant, so you would get a different outcome, im not sure i just woke up and i cant think.

 

[Golden Gate Geckos]

If you do a Google search for 'dwarfism' and 'giantism', you will find that these genetic disorders affect totally different DNA structures and are caused by separate contributing factors. So hypothetically, if you crossed a dwarf with a giant the offspring would most likely be normal... but their offspring would have a genetic predisposition for either or both genetic markers.