Christopher Kornicks wrote:
> What colors of gerbils would be light skinned, dark eyes, dark ears,
> darkness on the tail and some on the feet....
>
some with the c(b)c(b) or also c(b)c(h) genes (instead of the C. of
normal agouti) like Burmese, Siamese and many other variants called
"Colourpoint"s. There are some gerbil genetics and color pages in the
web. Look at my linklist: URL in the signature.
> And light skinned with light eyes would mean what else besides Albino?
>
True Albinos "cc", which means, they would have no pigments at all don't
exist in gerbils, may be they might appear sometimes in the future?
Nobody knows...
What exist in gerbils since a long time are so called "Himalayan Albinos"
or "Dark Tailed White" (with the gencode c(h)c(h)). They will become some
pigments on the tail, when some months old, or in combination with pp
remain white on their tails too and then are called "Pink Eyed White".
There are "Ruby Eyed White" gerbils too (aaC.ggpp).
See the color palette and other webpages. There are the genes explained
too.
Ehrenfried
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