No, Bill you did not say anything that bothered me... Marie! I have to say I am in totaly agreement with what you wrote on the polecat. I have said the same...
... If they are much larger than the short hairs and larger than the angoras (larger than both parent's lines) then that is an excellent example of the genetic...
Sukie Crandall
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Apr 1, 2003 8:19 pm
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... crossed ... excellent ... I did not say that the offsprings were larger than the angora parent only larger than the shorthair. On the average they are the...
... That had been a question which came up earlier, if they were larger than both. Since they aren't it's not overdominance in size, but instead more likely...
Sukie Crandall
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Apr 2, 2003 5:35 am
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... Actually you were. You brought up the idea. I think most of us were not expecting to find one. Nothing I'd seen in the polecats ferrets and hybrids led...
I tend to agree with Bill in that I would be surprised to see any examples of overdominance in the ferret/polecats breedings as they are too similar in overall...
Remember how I was wondering how recent the appearance of silver mitts (black or gray with cleanly marked mitts and bibs but not with spotting) is? I just...
Sukie Crandall
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Apr 4, 2003 4:48 am
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... Who's the author? That magazine is still not terribly reliable though some of the authors are far better than others. Editing and fact checking aren't...
... Sujie reports the article claimed abot 50 years for ferrets in Australia. When did the ban go in? Did ferrets go in as recently as the 1970s? The silver...
... I was wondering if it went from Europe to both since it is seen in both places and just was more selected for in both places so expressed itself more, or...
Sukie Crandall
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Apr 4, 2003 5:18 pm
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... There were probably more ferrets in Ohio about 50 years ago than in the UK. At that point the ferret boom as exterminators was starting to wear down with...
The folks I've read have said that the ferrets in Australia came from the UK. I'm open to the idea that they may also have come from elsewhere, just figure...
Sukie Crandall
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Apr 5, 2003 1:07 am
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It's best to just call them neural crest disorders instead of saying "KIT", "WS", etc. except when the cause is clearly one or another (and often that is not...
Sukie Crandall
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Apr 8, 2003 3:24 am
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I am such a creature of habit. I cannot begin to tell you how much so. For me to now... shift, not my way of thinking (because I always thought of these...
Okay if Waardenburg syndrome is autosomal dominent, and only one bad copy of genes is needed to pass it on, how is that,,,,,, so many people think its okay to...
... Possibly because for some the aim has not been to eliminate those alleles and they mistakenly think that the alleles might be eliminated. There are still...
Sukie Crandall
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Apr 11, 2003 12:31 am
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... They do not acknowledge that these neural crest disorders are bad. They claim that *theirs* are special and not deaf and other such tripe. The real reason...
Thanks for the replies! I get it (in both instances) now. That helps, because it does get very confusing to me out there. If one was to read so many of...
... Chances are that they vary among themselves; you'd really have to look up each to see, and even then it can depend on what alleles they are up against....
Sukie Crandall
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Apr 12, 2003 12:04 am
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Hi everybody! My name's Ben and I'm new round this forum. Your talk is pretty interesting. It beats the fluff in other ferret forums, although I have to...
There really are not any ferret genetics resources which are good. The best thing is to pick up a genetics text if mechanisms are of interest. Otherwise, we...
Sukie Crandall
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Apr 14, 2003 9:45 pm
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[quote]pick up a genetics text[/quote] What can you recommend in the way of genetics texts, Sukie? Or anyone for that matter! ... why I ... just ... ferrets ...
Is there a reason more and more (particularly American) resources are refering to ferrets as Mustela Furo rather than Mustela Putorius Furo (which I was led to...
... LOL! I wish I knew which of the current ones are being used at reputable schools. Recently I've been reviewing my old ones. I plan to one day look in...
Sukie Crandall
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Apr 15, 2003 7:32 pm
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Hi Ben! I"m just learning too. I think that the experience of some of the members here whether its as breeders or as proffessionals is superb. I'd rather...
Thanks for the warm welcome Wolfy! Have any of you read this article? I found it interesting and wanted to pass it on. There is food for thought in terms of...
... I am not educated or experienced enough to give a proper opinion. I know that I'm very grateful that you sent this, I saved it into my favorites. I had no...
I haven't read that one in ages, but if memory serves the coloration stuff in the original version was answered with clarifications and more details by a...
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