"Cinthia A. Dunn-Izquierdo" wrote:
> This is a Honey Cream gerbil. I have been breeding this color for about one
> year.
I think giving it a different name would only serve to confuse folks--basically
it's a light DEH (or maybe nutmeg). But you are right--as this pup MUST carry
either c(b) or c(h).
> I this color seems to be dominant in that when two Honey Cream gerbils are
> mated they will produce almost 100% Honey Cream babies.
That does not mean it is dominant. (And if it's due to a recessive c(h) you
WOULDN"T get only light DEHs, you should get some whites in there too).
Dominant would mean if you bred these DEHs to anything, you would always get
SOME DEH. (well statistically speaking) Which is not the case.
> The only other color
> I gave gotten from a HC x HC mating was normal DEH.
Yes that'd be expected, since 25% wouldn't carry c(h)
> I beleive that it is the ch gene that is responsible for this color
> variation when combiled with the Spsp gene.
I agree.
> Based on my own genetic stock I
> think that this little girl is Cch. None of my gerbils carrie the cb gene.
Since c(b) and c(h) work "sort of" similarly (think about how c(b0 makes a
lilac a "sapphire" and c(h) makes a dove, SLIGHTLY different) then I think it
could be either, in her case anyway. I wouldn't rule it out completely, at
least.
Elizabeth
