Greg Carson wrote:
>
> I also had the same problem with inbreeding and seizures, but I was
> not trying to breed, I had just mis-sexed my little ones. Funny the
> only ones that have the seizures are the lilac ones or the Beige ones
> (I know that is the wrong color name). The Augouti's are all fine.
That's funny because the only instance I've ever had of seizures, where it seemed
hereditary (roughly half of the offspring were affected to a greater or lesser degree)
was with a total outcross. (And I know it was total as the mother was from European
lines, her parents imported, and the
male was a run of the mill US gerb) It would lead one to believe it was dominant,
except neither parent ever seizured! (Neither did some of their relatives that I had)
Must be complex.
Elizabeth
