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Post by KatnissUna on Dec 27, 2022 19:11:22 GMT -8
I breed a golden agouti (male) with a black female. Just curious what the possibilities are for offspring colours, I know nothing about genetics, and am quite curious. The black mother had 2 slate siblings, and she herself is a little bit slate and not sure if she is actually for sure a solid black colour or not. As for the father, I do not know what colours his siblings were, but I thought I should include all information I know about the colour history. I know these colours are literally the most common, but I’m definitely curious to see what possibilities might come up  |
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Post by iamplankton on Dec 27, 2022 21:08:12 GMT -8
It all depends on the recessives also. Slate generally have a hue to the eyes that black doesn’t have
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Post by LilyandDaisy on Dec 28, 2022 5:11:25 GMT -8
If neither have any hidden recessives, they will produce 100% golden agouti pups. If they carry some recessives you could get some other colours such as black, colourpoint agouti, dark-eyed honey, grey agouti.
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Post by KatnissUna on Dec 28, 2022 10:11:27 GMT -8
Oh cool! Super excited about the possibility of a dark eyed honey  I really wanted a dark-eyed-honey female to name Annie. I also just thought to mention, both parents were from a pet store, and I bought them at young ages, so they came from a breeder obviously, would that mean that some hidden recessives are more likely? |
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Post by LilyandDaisy on Dec 28, 2022 14:12:18 GMT -8
I'm not sure what kind of breeding strategy the breeders who supply pet shops employ, but they might try to breed gerbils with lots of recessives to get "rainbow litters" (litters with lots of different colours). Although, like when you mix together all the paints and get brown, if you breed in too many recessives you get litters of all white gerbils!
Identical pairs are hard to sell so sometimes they might also pool pups from different litters for sale. This means the colour of the other gerbils in the sale tank doesn't necessarily have any bearing on your gerbil's genetics.
Dark-eyed honey would only be if both parents carried the e gene, which is relatively unlikely but not impossible. This kind of breeding can be exciting as it's a bit of lottery what you will get and it reveals information about the parents' genetics.
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