Chris Kornicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
> Hmm...genetics is a truly messed up thing. Can someone please
> explain to me how this is possible....cause I'm dumbfounded as to
> how I keep gettin' wierd colors from gerbils that I wouldn't expect
> it from.
>
> Scenario....
>
> I had an Agouti female that I used to pair up with an Albino male.
> Then she mated with one of her sons which was also Agouti. In the
> first litter, I got a Champagne and 3 Agoutis...now in this second
> litter I got an Agouti, a Black?!!?, and what I believe is gonna be
> a Dark Eyed Honey...how is this possible?! Black out of all the
> colors too...truly odd....
>
>
>
> Chris
Rick is right and the principle work for all the colours you see.
If you mate a mother to one of her sons (or a father to her daughter)
any recessive genes the parent has may be expressed in the next
generation.
This is complicated by the fact that there a multiple ways of making a
white gerbil and often they are created by combining a lot of recessive
characteristics.
--
Julian
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