Just another thing to consider for those of you who are skeptical. Breed a Leucistic Black rat to a normal....see what you get....Then breed a Leucistic Texas to a normal....see what you get......The results are VERY different, which would suggest two different genes, or slightly different locals on the chromosomes. Also, when you take an F1 from each of the crosses above to a normal, the babies are VERY different again. In the black rat, you will see the "codominance" showing through (in 50% of them), and in the Texas, you will see nothing but normals (possible hets) in all of them. Just something to think about...



And for those that are interested, the Larry Rouch rusties DO look different than the Darin Bell Rusties (the breeder of the original farm caught leucy in Ohio) if you look at the F1s of the leucistic x normal crosses. Maybe I will post some pics later this week for you to see what I am talkin about.



Dewey

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