[RobM]

Hey,

Some of my mice have interesting tail patterns, is this inherited or just something that happens sometimes?

 

[moustress]

If you mean part of tail is not pigmented, but is pink or white, it mean the mousie carries some sort of marking gene. On a self, that's the only indication.

 

[RobM]

Thanks,
Is it possible to get similar markings in the next generation?
I have two with fairly similar tail markings, is that just coincidence?

 

[RobM]

anyone know?

 

[Autumn2005]

I think it's just coincidence. My selfs carry the broken gene (S/s), so I've been trying to breed it out of them. I get all kinds of tail patterns, and sometimes the tail is the only way I can tell them apart. So far as I know, the markings on the tail are random. Maybe those two are identical twins, verus the regular fraternal multiples.

 

[windyhill]

I dont think tail pattern are really something you can breed for