[AlpacaTalk] RE: [Alpacasite] Color question
David,
I don't know for certain but I'd speculate that it is a genetic "sport" and
that is how we obtain new patterns in the genes we have. It has occurred in
some other species and is, as you mention, rather common in a variety of
other animals.like cats, horses, goats, etc.
Think of it as a part of the color patterns described as "agouti". There
are other patterns I've not often seen in alpacas that are seen in many
other species..dilutes and such. I guess that if we don't select against
all the colors, we can look forward to some genetic variation occurring over
time that will offer us all types of other patterns colors, mixtures.if
we're lucky.
Not a geneticist.but a happy spinner who loves, spots, dots, heathery
mixtures.
Allison Moss-Fritch
New Moon Alpacas
Santa Clara, CA
From: Alpacasite@yahoogro
Behalf Of David Friedman
Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 11:15 AM
To: Alpacasite@yahoogro
Subject: [Alpacasite] Color question
Recently, while color-checking an alpaca for a show, I saw something I
had never before seen: A white alpaca with black roots to the
individual hairs. Not the skin, but the roots. Has anyone ever seen
this before and, if so, any ideas about what might explain this
phenomenon. I might expect to see this sort of "discoloration" in a
human who had ingested some sort of heavy metal. Of course, one sees
this phenomenon all of the time in striped cats, etc.
Dave
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David and Esther Friedman
Adirondack Alpacas
"From the Womb to the Loom"
Remsen, NY
www.newyorkalpacas.
315-831-3040
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