OOPS again, that was supposed to read pp, small Ps, I guess I was going so fast I capitalized them. I know pretty much most of what you wrote, but committing it to memory is a bit harder. Let's just say I know where to find it all on the internet. ;) But I do know the difference between the upper and lower case letters. Typing them, however, is a different story..lol
Also, someone told me also that you can have a pink or ruby eyed gerbil with a big P if the himalayan gene is present. But I keep getting mixed up between it and another albino-like color. --- Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nope. Want me to give you a crash course? It's > honestly not that hard. > > I'll wait till you give the say so. This time I'll > just explain the eye thing. > > > First and foremost, there are Dominant and Recessive > genes. All genes > comes in pairs. > > Dominant means it's the big bad boy, and will show > through, > regardless of who it is paired with. (Xx or XX, both > with end up with > the X trait) > > Recessive means that unless it is paired with > another recessive, the > gene will not be apparent. (only xx will end up with > the x trait) > > The P loci (as it is called, don't ask why it's > "loci", I don't know) > controls whether the eyes are pink or not. > > P - gives you black eyed gerbils > p - gives you pink/ruby eyed gerbils > > So in other words "P" controls whether the eye has > pigment or no > pigment. (black or pink) > > I just think of it as p=pink. > > > **** > > The reason it is not the other way around for the > eyes is this: > > The golden agouti gerbil is the COMMON gerbil color. > It is the color > found in the wild, and therefore (because in the > wild it is "survival > of the fittest") all "golden agouti" traits are > dominant. > > Hence the "color genetics" for a golden agouti is: > A*C*E*G*P* > All dominant. > > **** > > The reason it is read as A*C*E*G*P* is that it > honestly doesn't > matter what the other "loci" are, as the dominant > gene over-rides any > recessives that might be there. Of course, as you > find out through > breeding a gerbil, you can fill in the blanks. > > I have a golden agouti who is: AaC*E*Gg*P* > > ***** > > So now you know that P*, PP, or Pp means the gerbil > has black eyes, > and pp means the gerbil has pink eyes. (There is of > course no p*, for > if you KNOW the gerbil has a recessive trait, then > it HAS to be pp, > xx, whatever) > > > I hope that helped more than it hindered. > > If you like, at some point I wouldn't mind > explaining the rest of the > loci (A, C, E, and G) to you. > > I find it all rather fascinating, especially when I > noticed, after I > understood all this, that a Black Gerbil > (aaC*E*G*P*) is nothing more > genetically than a golden agouti (A*C*E*G*P*) with > the recessive 'a' > trait. Weird huh? There are other colors like that. > > When you learn what all these loci mean and what > they do, it makes it > all the more interesting, and saves you trips to the > Gerbil Color > Palette and Genetic Predictor. :P > > Take care. > > -Jackie > > >Oops. Yep, red fox IS different from argente and > they > >both do apparently have red eyes. PP always means > red > >eyes? Right? > > > >Jade __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? NEW from Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1
