>From: Rebecca Allbritton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >without the white places on the head and neck. I am just learning about >spotting patterns in mice and rats, and it seems strange that there are so >many particular genes that have been found for these other rodents' spots, >but only one for gerbils. < Oh Rat spotting IMHO is quite fun :) >with the different genes. Has the data which led to the conclusion of an >e[f] allele been published anywhere, on the internet or elsewhere? The >chi-square data, and the methodology, etc? I would very much like to read >it. I still havent seen anything. i sure would liek to see it too. Though i know cases in mice for exampel where things were so tightly linked and the one was simply a modifier of the other (so not seen by a phenotype if it seperated by itself) that they actually thought it was 1 mutation but found out otherwise a loooong time later. The Pearl article I sent to some peopel that asked for it is another exampel of that- but it was linked much more loosely. >My question is: do the schimmel gerbils have normally colored skin as >adults? Also, I don't have a male schimmel, and I wonder what color their >scrotum is? I had always thought of them as black, because many years ago I >had agouti and black gerbils, but then I noticed my dove's is quite white. >Is the schimmel skin there and on the body somewhat orange? You see I >wonder what happens to make the pigment not appear in the hairs any >more. I jst checked a young and old (semi faded) DE Honey females- both have dark skin. I also have a chamapgne (spotted schimmel) male. he looks BEW but with dark eats, nose, etc. Again, dark skin, dark scrotum. > >> Is Pp schimmel a color between PP and pp, as one would > >>expect? > >> > >Why would you expect that? > >Oops! I was thinking I had read something about that and I just went back >and couldn't find it, so it must have been my imagination. =) I think you are thinking of either 1 or both the followign and kinda mixed them.... In gerbils, c(b) and c(h) do a slightly lighting effect (the difference between a dove and lilac is what they carry ont he C locus but both are p/p. In Rats, the r and p diluting genes can fade out soem other colours. For example, a A*RR is not as bright andwarm and show quality as is usually an A*Rr. Mink is strongly affected where aamm is a mink (dark chocolate with a bluish tint, black eyes), and a aammPp or aammRr is a "ruby eyd mocha" or "havana" whcih is a lighter, warmer, more "milky chocolate" colour with ruby eyes. ag http://www.hd7.com/rodentfancy ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
