Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>Speaking of genetics, it just occurred to me, through the recent
>questions, and browsing over some information on the internet. Is it
>possible to breed a brindled gerbil? We have a brindle lab/pit bull
>mix dog which we adopted in November at the age of 10 weeks. After
>re-house training him, he's become the sweetest dog on the face the
>earth! (of course, all dog-owners say this about their dogs! *L* And
>I didn't used to be a dog person.) I was thinking it would neat to
>have a brindled gerbil as well, if just for the uniqueness of this.
>Flipping through the NGS pages, I read mottled gerbils have recently
>been bred, but not mention of the brindle affect. What would cause
>this? Or does no one have a clue? :)
>
>-Jackie & The Copper Dragon Clan
Brindling usually requires either a special gene on the e locus, which
has not yet appeared in gerbils, or, in some species the equivalent
locus is on the X chromosome causing a similar pattern in heterozygous
females.
A Brindled gerbil may appear, but it may be some considerable time
before it did. On the other hand, as mutation is governed by chance, it
could appear tomorrow.
--
Julian
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National Gerbil Society
http://www.gerbils.co.uk/
