How can a leatherback and trans co-exist?

[Pravius]

I think I know the answer to this question but I wanted to see if my understanding of these genetic traits were correct. So we know that the Smoothie and the Leatherback exist in the codominant fashion. The trans gene is a recessive gene. That brings me to the question of how they can both be in their homozygous forms on a dragon at the same time?

I thought about this and the only thing that I can think of is they exist in different locus? I mean they would have to in order to be present at the same time wouldn't they?

Anyway if someone knows more about this please let me know.

 

[DragonsInKansas]

yes they are totally different genes that code for totally different traits

 

[lizzywoodwardBD]

why would you think that a co-dom and a recessive trait would reside in the same locus? The only thing I can think of that would do that would be the whole BEL and pied thing in ball pythons, but that is not even 100% proven. Leatherback and Smoothie reside in the same locus which is why you can make silks with a smoothie x leatherback.

and how you make a leather/trans is simple. Leather x Trans breeding will make Leather Het trans. Breed the leather het trans back to the trans and you can make leather/trans offspring.

 

[Pravius]

Thanks for the replies, to be honest I am no where near a genetics expert so I had a hard time grasping much of this at first. I work in IT! I am slowly starting to get it now.