(07-30-2013 12:04 PM)Tatiana Cheng Wrote: um... how can Tad say that the dad "Shadow" is not a starter cat? Last I knew Smokey 3 was one of the starter cats. I am confused ????
It is a Genesis fur but not a starter cat as we buy them in the store.
It is an OS of a starter cat that is also, I think, how the confusion came up.
Starter kitties we buy at the store carry a Genesis fur (also refered to as Starter Fur) as a visable trait and never hide an other Genesis fur but one of the non Genesis furs instead.
When we pair 2 genesis furs with eachother though it is totally possible the OS shows a Genesis fur and hides a Genesis fur of the other parent.
This is unless the OS already shows a non Genesis fur and that is because the more dominant Genesis furs can't hide behind the more recessive non Genesis fur.
In general and this goes for all traits it is not possible for a more dominant trait to hide behind a more recessive shown trait.
There is a dominance order of the Genesis furs as well so if a Genesis fur is more dominant than the other and is the shown fur it is possible a less dominant Genesis fur is the hidden fur of that kitty, such as in this case.
EDIT it seems we responded at the same time.
I thought you didn't understand but you do
