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Het for pig tailed?
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Taceas
USW = UB313
That's awesome! I want some. :crazy02:
They'd be mice that I didn't have to chase round and round the tub trying to get their tails. I HATE smart mice who place their tail along the bottom edge of the tub where I can't grab their tails.
Have you noticed any other detrimental effects of the pig-tailed gene? Looks like the red one (female) has some weird eye coloring, or has gone blind in the eye facing the camera. Which is it?
I've had a couple of my older females to go blind with age, so I don't think its necessarily a bad thing. Just wondering if its perhaps in the same genetic area as the tail thing.
The whole 'white cat with blue eyes' deafness thing worries me when I see weird effects in other animals. Just makes me wonder what else is screwed up. =P
Kind of like my rat with weird fingers on one hand...anxious to see if it was just a fluke of development or if its truly genetic.
They'd be mice that I didn't have to chase round and round the tub trying to get their tails. I HATE smart mice who place their tail along the bottom edge of the tub where I can't grab their tails.
Have you noticed any other detrimental effects of the pig-tailed gene? Looks like the red one (female) has some weird eye coloring, or has gone blind in the eye facing the camera. Which is it?
I've had a couple of my older females to go blind with age, so I don't think its necessarily a bad thing. Just wondering if its perhaps in the same genetic area as the tail thing.
The whole 'white cat with blue eyes' deafness thing worries me when I see weird effects in other animals. Just makes me wonder what else is screwed up. =P
Kind of like my rat with weird fingers on one hand...anxious to see if it was just a fluke of development or if its truly genetic.
Serpwidgets
New member
http://www.jax.org/mmr/mmrmutantctl.html
Looks like there are two similar mutants that cause this phenotype. One is "curly tail" and the other is "curly tail-like." (Must be mimics like our anerys and hypos.) IMO it is a good guess that you are seeing one of these. Both are recessive.
Also note that (as is quoted) it isn't always expressed in homozygotes, and when crossing homozygous parents together, only about 1/3rd or less of the offspring come out with curly tails. So divide all your "usually expected" results for recessive traits by somewhere around 2 to 4 and you should get a good idea of what to expect when breeding your curlys or hets.
Looks like there are two similar mutants that cause this phenotype. One is "curly tail" and the other is "curly tail-like." (Must be mimics like our anerys and hypos.) IMO it is a good guess that you are seeing one of these. Both are recessive.
Also note that (as is quoted) it isn't always expressed in homozygotes, and when crossing homozygous parents together, only about 1/3rd or less of the offspring come out with curly tails. So divide all your "usually expected" results for recessive traits by somewhere around 2 to 4 and you should get a good idea of what to expect when breeding your curlys or hets.