I believe that you get what you DREAD getting the most, as that is where your energy is focused, in life as well as gerbils. So, since I do NOT like spotted animals in general (including a lovely paso fino tri-color mare that my daughter owns), when I purchased a black female which had been bred to a spotted male, I dreaded the spots and thought the most about the spots appearing. . . Hence, the split was 7-pups, 5 of which were spotted! Since you have so many blacks, I assume you did NOT want blacks. . . Very unscientific, but at the quantum physic level, the actions and expectations of the observer does effect the outcomes of that being observed. . . Although I am serious, in a smiling way regarding the "expectation factor", the cited percentages of inheritability are based on an average of 100 pups. Your sample is too small for extrapolation, and has too large a error factor. Smiles and Namaste. Cynthia __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
