Paige McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>I'm getting a lilac/black pair from someone and she said the
>parents were both black but carried the lilac recessive. Here's
>her message:
>
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>They are brother and sister. The parents are both black but carry
>the
>recessive for lavender.
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>
>What would the 'recessive for lavender' be? But what I'm really
>trying to figure out is what the gerbils and/or the parents
>genetics are, so I can register them with the AGS. I'm pretty
>sure they've only had black and lilac. Thanks,
>
>Paige
All this "carrying" stuff is confusing because that is not how it works.
Black gerbils have genes of
aaC-P-
Lilac are:
aaCCpp
Dove are:
aaCc[h]pp
Sapphire are:
aaCc[b]pp
As you can see the three are very similar.
I think that Lavender may be Sapphire.
--
Julian
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