a gangi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote >>From: Rebecca Allbritton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >>without the white places on the head and neck. I am just learning about >>spotting patterns in mice and rats, and it seems strange that there are so >>many particular genes that have been found for these other rodents' spots, >>but only one for gerbils. < > > >Oh Rat spotting IMHO is quite fun :) > At least in rats there are several distinct forms of spotting which can easily be understood as separate genes. For example, Hooded spotting and Irish spotting are unlikely to be mistaken as they have distinct patterns. > > >>with the different genes. Has the data which led to the conclusion of an >>e[f] allele been published anywhere, on the internet or elsewhere? The >>chi-square data, and the methodology, etc? I would very much like to read >>it. > > >I still havent seen anything. i sure would liek to see it too. > >Though i know cases in mice for exampel where things were so tightly linked >and the one was simply a modifier of the other (so not seen by a phenotype >if it seperated by itself) that they actually thought it was 1 mutation but >found out otherwise a loooong time later. The Pearl article I sent to some >peopel that asked for it is another exampel of that- but it was linked much >more loosely. > I asked for it when it was offered but unfortunately I did not receive it. -- Julian ************************************************************************ * Jackie and Julian * * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * National Gerbil Society * * http://www.gerbils.co.uk/ * ************************************************************************
