Zen Mousery - Genetics

Mouse Genetics

These genetics resourcesinclude only those genes I know to be in Australia. First is a listing of each individual gene we have, followed by the colours that use that gene. Each colour is linked to a fuller description of the colour, including a photo, its standard (if standardised), genotype, and any notes regarding common faults, breeding tips, or anything else.

I have only included the more commonly-seen colours, based on what I see bred and shown in the AusRFS (NSW). There are, of course, almost limitless combinations of the genes given here, and just because I haven't included information about a lilac agouti colourpoint beige, doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

**WORK IN PROGRESS**

Reference Table

A(y)	= Lethal Yellow	Fawn, Ginger, Sable, Black-Eyed White, Cream, Silver Sable, Cream Sable, Straw
A(vy)	= Viable Yellow	Brindle, Snowtiger, Cream Brindle
A	= Agouti	Agouti, Argente, Cinnamon, Apricot, Blue Agouti, Blue Argente, Lilac Agouti, Lavender Agouti, Chinchilla, Silver Agouti, Argente Cream, Agouti Siamese, Agouti Burmese, Bone Agouti
a(t)	= Tan	Tan, Fox
a	= Non-Agouti	Black, Dove, Chocolate, Champagne, Blue, Silver, Lilac, Lavender, Havana, Mock-Chocolate, Coffee, Bone, Siamese, Himalayan, Burmese, Colourpoint Beige

B	= Non-Diluted	.....
b	= Chocolate	Chocolate, Champagne, Cinnamon, Apricot

C	= Non-Diluted	.....
c	= Albino	Pink-Eyed White, Himalayan, Bone, Mock-Chocolate, Chinchilla, Argente Cream
c(h)	= Himalayan	Siamese, Burmese, Himalayan, Colourpoint Beige, Agouti Siamese, Agouti Burmese
c(ch)	= Chinchilla	Chinchilla, Silver Agouti, Argente Cream, Havana, Mock-Chocolate, Cream, Cream Sable, Cream Brindle
c(e)	= Extreme Dilute	Coffee, Bone, Bone Agouti, Mock-Chocolate, BEW, Silver Sable, Snowtiger

D	= Non-Diluted	.....
d	= Blue	Blue, Silver, Blue Agouti, Blue Argente, Straw

P	= Non-Diluted Eyes	.....
p	= Pink Eyes	Ginger, Dove, Champagne, Silver, Lavender, Argente, Apricot, Blue Argente, Lavender Agouti, Argente Cream

U	= Umbrous	Sable, Silver Sable, Cream Sable
u	= Non-Umbrous	.....

[PIC]	Name:	Dove
	Genotype:	A* pp
	Standard:
	Notes:	Pink-eyed black.

[PIC]	Name:	Chocolate
	Genotype:	aa bb
	Standard:
	Notes:	Chocolate-diluted black.

[PIC]	Name:	Champagne
	Genotype:	aa bb pp
	Standard:
	Notes:	Pink-eyed chocolate.

[PIC]	Name:	Blue
	Genotype:	aa dd
	Standard:
	Notes:	Blue-diluted black.

[PIC]	Name:	Silver
	Genotype:	aa dd pp
	Standard:
	Notes:	Pink-eyed blue.

[PIC]	Name:	Lilac
	Genotype:	aa bb dd
	Standard:
	Notes:	Blue- and chocolate-diluted black.

[PIC]	Name:	Lavender
	Genotype:	aa bb dd pp
	Standard:
	Notes:	Pink-eyed lilac.

[PIC]	Name:	Siamese
	Genotype:	aa c(h)c(h)
	Standard:
	Notes:

[PIC]	Name:	Himalayan
	Genotype:	aa c(h)c
	Standard:
	Notes:

[PIC]	Name:	Burmese
	Genotype:	aa c(ch)c(h)
	Standard:
	Notes:

[PIC]	Name:	Agouti
	Genotype:	A*
	Standard:
	Notes:	Wildtype. Young mice tend to be duller, the colour doesn't brighten to standard until the adult coat comes through.

[PIC]	Name:	Bone Agouti
	Genotype:	A* c(e)c
	Standard:	Unstandardised.
	Notes:	Overall phenotype similar to a regular bone, but with subtle grey-on-white ticking.

[PIC]	Name:	Agouti Siamese
	Genotype:	A* c(h)c(h)
	Standard:	Unstandardised.
	Notes:	Babies are an odd ruby-eyed ticked colour, a little like a pale chinchilla. Adults look closer to a regular siamese, but with mealy/grainy points.

[PIC]	Name:	Agouti Burmese
	Genotype:	A* c(ch)c(h)
	Standard:	Unstandardised.
	Notes:	Phenotypically similar to silver agouti or chinchilla, but with a darker nose point.

[PIC]	Name:	Colourpoint Beige
	Genotype:	aa c(h)c(e)
	Standard:
	Notes:

[PIC]	Name:	Havana
	Genotype:	aa c(ch)c(ch)
	Standard:
	Notes:

[PIC]	Name:	Mock-Chocolate
	Genotype:	aa c(ch)c OR aa c(ch)c(e) (darker)
	Standard:
	Notes:

[PIC]	Name:	Coffee
	Genotype:	aa c(e)c(e)
	Standard:
	Notes:

[PIC]	Name:	Bone
	Genotype:	aa c(e)c
	Standard:
	Notes:

[PIC]	Name:	Pink-Eyed White
	Genotype:	aa cc
	Standard:
	Notes:	Other genotypes possible.

[PIC]	Name:	Argente
	Genotype:	A* pp
	Standard:
	Notes:	Pink-eyed agouti.

[PIC]	Name:	Cinnamon
	Genotype:	A* bb
	Standard:
	Notes:	Chocolate-diluted agouti.

[PIC]	Name:	Apricot
	Genotype:	A* bb pp
	Standard:
	Notes:	Pink-eyed cinnamon.

[PIC]	Name:	Blue Agouti
	Genotype:	A* dd
	Standard:
	Notes:	Blue-diluted agouti.

[PIC]	Name:	Blue Argente
	Genotype:	A* dd pp
	Standard:	Unstandardised.
	Notes:	Pink-eyed blue agouti.

[PIC]	Name:	Lilac Agouti
	Genotype:	A* bb dd
	Standard:	Unstandardised.
	Notes:	Blue- and chocolate-diluted agouti.

[PIC]	Name:	Lavender Agouti
	Genotype:	A* bb dd pp
	Standard:	Unstandardised.
	Notes:	Pink-eyed lilac agouti.

[PIC]	Name:	Chinchilla
	Genotype:	A* c(ch)c OR A* c(ch)c(e) (darker)
	Standard:
	Notes:

[PIC]	Name:	Silver Agouti
	Genotype:	A* c(ch)c(ch)
	Standard:
	Notes:

[PIC]	Name:	Argente Cream
	Genotype:	A* c(ch)c OR A* c(ch)c(ch) (darker)
	Standard:
	Notes:	Pink-eyed chinchilla or silver agouti.

[PIC]	Name:	Ginger
	Genotype:	A(y)* pp
	Standard:
	Notes:	Pink-eyed fawn.

[PIC]	Name:	Brindle
	Genotype:	A(vy)*
	Standard:
	Notes:

[PIC]	Name:	Sable
	Genotype:	A(y)* U*
	Standard:
	Notes:	Umbrous fawn.

[PIC]	Name:	Black-Eyed White
	Genotype:	A(y)* c(e)c(e)
	Standard:
	Notes:	Extreme-diluted fawn. Other genotypes possible.