Re: Color Question

[Donna Anastasi]

> Good point -- my last litter was all colors (one agouti), in this one there is
> 5 agouti.  All you can say is over time as the sample size grow the real numbers
> match
> more closely with the probabilities (at least that's what they're counting on in
> Vegas!)  Donna A.
>
> Douglas White wrote:
>
> > When you breed 2 spotted gerbils together you can't say that you will have
> > 25% smaller litters, you can say it is possible. This is because the
> > combination of genes will not always come out to 25/50/25, I have bred
> > spotted gerbils together and had consistent litters of 7 up to the occasional
> > 10. The same thing can be used on color breeding just because you should get
> > something doesn't mean you will.
> >
> >                                     Doug