Talk:Master Ceadeus 27 Rathian and Rathalos Subs Theory/@comment-4212769-20140626100123/@comment-5448890-20140628155220

If they are a mutation (I do consider the possibility), then what exactly could cause Silver/Gold? In the natural world, when two animals with 1 recessive trait each (take, for example, Bb and Bb [Rathalos genes for color]), their mating will make them have at least 1 child out of every 4 that has only the recessive genes. Thus: B | b| B|Bb|Bb| b|Bb|bb|

See the punnett square above--there would be three normal colored (or mixed, see note next paragraph) and one blue one. This could, in theory, explain the reason they don't get pushed out (or this gene removed completely) since they're so rare. However, the strength, pattern differences, etc. wouldn't be explained by a color swap-up, though they may get naturally stronger from having to do more to survive.