Ehrenfried Ehrenstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
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>> 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...
They may already exist. They were reported in:
Matsuzaki, T., Yasuda, Y. & Nonaka, S. 1989. The genetics of coat colors
in the Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus). Experimental Animals,
38, 337-341.
However, there is a great deal of scepticism about this paper as it is
full of inconstancies and includes one or two erroneous claims.
It may be that true albinos exist in Japan, but maybe not!
>
>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.
Now we have both ee and gg, and c[b] and p in most regions there are now
so many ways of making white gerbils it is difficult to be sure that all
PEWs are c[h]c[h]pp and that REWs are aaggpp.
--
Julian
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