Soft Scale Genetics: Why Super Soft Scales Are So Rare
Soft Scale is incomplete dominant in crested geckos, one copy is visual, two copies make Super Soft Scale. Here's why breeders rarely produce them correctly.
TL;DR: Soft Scale is an incomplete-dominant morph: one copy = visual Soft Scale, two copies = Super Soft Scale. Q: Is Soft Scale crested gecko recessive or dominant? A: Soft Scale is incomplete dominant. A single copy produces the visible Soft Scale form (smoother, finer-grained scales). Two copies produce Super Soft Scale, a more extreme leather-textured animal. It is not recessive, single-copy animals are visually identifiable and should not be sold as 'possible hets.'
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