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Do your mice produce only their own kind (ie dove X dove = only dove, for many generations)? That is to say, are they true-breeding?
With some homozygous recessive varieties such as ce/c or himalayan and homozygous lethal varieties such as red and rumpwhite, true-breeding is impossible, of course. Are your homozygous lethal varieties close to being true-breeding, then?
I'm just curious due to SarahC's comments in another thread:
What about you?
With some homozygous recessive varieties such as ce/c or himalayan and homozygous lethal varieties such as red and rumpwhite, true-breeding is impossible, of course. Are your homozygous lethal varieties close to being true-breeding, then?
I'm just curious due to SarahC's comments in another thread:
This is the case with petstore mice in the US and almost all hobby breeders in the US and some show breeders in the US. I have three main lines of mice, and only 1 is fully true-breeding.SarahC said:half the time in the uk you don't know either,things aren't the same as when Tonys book was written,many mice are of unknown/mongrel heritage.
What about you?