Talk:Master Ceadeus 27 Rathian and Rathalos Subs Theory/@comment-4212769-20140626100123/@comment-4212769-20140628162023

It's not about dominant and recessive genes.

I'll have to explain mutation to you...

Mutation is a alteration of a gene that either gets defected, altered or switched on or off. There are different substances and such that can change these genes like UVB on our skin or a chemical substance.

For our Rath case is another form of mutation more likely. If a sperm or an egg cell (like any cells) split through mitosis they may have some defects. And these defects can occur on different genes or even whole chromosomes (like with many heavy criminals having two Y chromosomes or others having only one X chromosome). This is (highly probably) also what causes the Black Panther mutation and the Rath mutations as well. So it's a defect that occurs before birth. And like Pike said they can breed with each other and have different colored children depending on which gene gets in. That's also the reason how there can be three different color morphs.