Author:
Little Creek Farm, New York, United States

Date of Publication:
January 23, 2017

Publication:
Little Creek Farm

Excerpt:
If any of the assertions below contradict what you believe about alpaca base coat color genetics, it’s definitely worth reading this blog post and continuing on to a very friendly, fun-loving statistical analysis that is available in our website’s library!

1. First, all white alpacas can produce color when they are bred to it. There is no such thing as a homozygous dominant white animal.  In fact, a pink-skinned white is in some ways as recessive a creature as a true black.

2. What’s more, many fawns are not just “dilute” but carry a white base coat color allele, which acts to dilute a brown allele in the production of the phenotypic coat color. You can actually breed two fawns together and get a homozygous white.

3. White breeders, no need to rely on those pure-white pedigrees to make sure you don’t produce fawns and browns. Turns out a brown allele can’t really hide itself well phenotypically.

4. Color breeders, to introduce white genetics into a color breeding program with lower odds of producing white offspring, breed that white animal to brown. The darker, the better.

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