#looks like the Dorkly site no longer exists so that's an imgur link

[inprogresspokemon]

what do you think the occurrence of shinies in the wild means for pokemon genetics? would you equate it to an animal in our world being born with albinism? or something else entirely? just curious your thoughts

I don't know how the real statistics would compare, but yeah I always likened it to albinsim or melanism. (That may have been influenced by this wholesome Dorkly comic, though). I imagine Pokemon would have a natural range of color shades, similar to their "official" colors, and then shinies are a mutuation that affects Pokemon species differently (ie. different colors instead of always being white or black like albanism/melanism).