pearl |
Genetic Code: Pe_
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The Pearl mutation appeared in the UK in 1988. The Pearl is a white pattern mutation which causes the belly and back to be white allowing only a sprinkling of colored hairs on the back. The colored hairs are concentrated along the spine. The amount of colored hairs varies immensely with some Pearls being white except for a concentration of colored hairs along the spine and others being heavily ticked through with color.
Until recently it was thought that all Pearl males were sterile but some have been found to be fertile. The Pearl mutation can be combined with any color and so it is possible to produce a Normal Pearl with black hairs ticked through the coat and a Sapphire Pearl with purple-grey hairs ticked through the coat. |
merle/marbled |
Genetic Code: Unknown
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imperial |
Genetic Code: Whwh
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Imperial is a gene that is now believed to be extinct. It is Homozygous Lethal which means any Hamster receiving 2 copies of the gene will die in the womb and be reabsorbed.
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chimera |
Genetic Code: Unknown
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