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Does anyone know different blood line of pastel are compatible?
Thank
Eric

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Jim Perron
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even if they where not "compatable" the gene is codominant...something will show up when they are bred together. All you need is 1 gene for it to show up. The proof of this is the Graziani Pewter. Cross of a "cinamon pastel" to a "Pastel".

Michael Enriquez

Good point.

I suspect that all the regular pastel (i.e. not cinnamon, black, or kalabash but all the other flavors) are the exact same gene but we really don't know for sure and I’m just guessing.

Even if say a lemon pastel X stonewashed pastel produce a super looking animal we still don't know that a mutation of the same gene is involved. It could just be that the combined effect of two different mutations looks the similar to the combined effect of two copies of the same mutation. The real test will be when the “super” produced from crossing lines is breed to a number of normals and produces a large number of offspring. If all are some type of pastel (probably a mix of the two types) and no normals are produced then you know the two original pastel types where at least alleles (different mutations of the same gene) if not the same exact mutation (perhaps with other genes determining slight differences in color). This is because the super would have no normal copy of that common gene to pass on. However, if the two pastel types where mutations of completely different genes then about 1/4 of its babies with a normal will be normal (and 1/4 will be a combined "super" like the parent).