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shadowmouse said:

And then there is the shy, but cuddly Bandette...

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Bandette is nice. What kind of variegation does she have? Piebald (broken) or Banded? I think she looks banded and the name fits well, but probably she will be piebald genetically, right?

Regards, Roland

Roland said:

shadowmouse said:

And then there is the shy, but cuddly Bandette...

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Bandette is nice. What kind of variegation does she have? Piebald (broken) or Banded? I think she looks banded and the name fits well, but probably she will be piebald genetically, right?

Regards, Roland

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I don't really know much about genetics. I have always referred to her as banded. Maybe someone else can enlighten us?

Personally I record mice like these as Bicolour on my records because they fit into no known marking category.
Although a while ago I was accused of using the term as a gimmick so for breeders I list them as "marked".

They are also known as piebald according to some.

I "think" they are caused by a recessive white spot gene frequently seen in pet shop stock.
From a line of mice with these markings you can fluke any recognised marking pattern however to breed it consistantly it takes many generations and lots of mismarked mice before it is considered to be a true representation of that variety.

Interesting. I got all my mice from the same breeder. Bandette is obviously banded, and then 2 others look like dutch, but are probably more like very wide banded. The other is piebald, but her underside looks like a banded tan. I think it's interesting this marking showed up so frequently in Erica's stock when she herself would tell you she's only a few generations off from pet shop stock.

Very cool info.

She's not variegated; here in the US a mouse like this is just called marked, with other qualifiers added like banded, headspot, and whatever else might apply, like even or uneven. It's probably a recessive type of marking, IMHO.

are you in the US or UK...I forget....lol If the US, my guess would be (incomplete) dominant banded...especially with the "dutch" looking ones as well. In my experience banded is usually heterozygous (one copy of the banded gene) and the "dutch" looking ones are homozygous banded (2 copies of the banded gene).