Color Mutation Hybrids
The number of possible color combinations of known
mutations is almost endless. Here is a list of most double mutation
hybrids, and a few of the multi-mutation hybrids. These are not new
colors, but combinations, or hybrids, of the mutations listed in the
Recognized Color Mutations Section.
The Wilson White and Black
Velvet gene carry a genetic "lethal factor," thus there is
no known Homozygous White or Homozygous Black Velvet. Breeding two whites
together will result in 25% fewer offspring littered, and breeding a
Black Velvet or any TOV color to any other Black Velvet or TOV color
will also result in 25 percent fewer offspring littered.
The Wilson White gene, due
to the fact that it is an "incomplete dominant," (meaning
it is not completely dominant over the natural allele "standard"
grey) can manifest itself with a wide degree of variance. The Predominantly
White, Mosaic, and Silver colors are all heterozygous Wilson White,
they just have variances in coat pattern. This is the official MCBA
description of these three variances:
- Predominantly White
- Animals ranging from totally white to white with a scattering of
dark guard hair.
- Mosaic - This (color)
phase is to include all spotted animals.
- Silver - These
are determined to have an even veiling tip over the entire body giving
the animals a pale grey appearance which may range from light to dark.
(Silvers have dark guard hair).
All chinchillas with the
Tower Beige gene, whether Hetero Beige, Homo Beige, Tan, TOV Beige,
Pink White, etc
will have red eyes. If they are Heterozygous Beige,
they will have darker red eyes, and if they are Homozygous Beige, they
will have light red to pink eyes. This is NOT an indication of albinism.
When the white color shows
up in the phenotype, the word hybrid could be replaced with silver,
mosaic, or predominantly white depending on how the white gene expresses
itself in that individual animal. Pink whites are technically classified
as predominantly white, white and beige hybrids, with an even blend
of "pink white" color." Beige and white hybrids can also
express themselves as silvers or mosaics, but are sometimes called pink
whites anyway.
Dominant
/ Dominant Hybrids
Genotype
|
Phenotype
|
Heterozygous
Wilson White + Heterozygous Tower Beige |
Pink White |
Heterozygous
Wilson White + Homozygous Tower Beige |
Homozygous
Pink White |
Heterozygous
Wilson White + Heterozygous Gunning Black |
Black and
White Hybrid |
Heterozygous
Tower Beige + Heterozygous Gunning Black |
TOV Beige |
Homozygous
Tower Beige + Heterozygous Gunning Black |
Homozygous
TOV Beige |
Homozygous
Beige |
Homozygous
Beige |
Heterozygous
Wilson White + Heterozygous Gunning Black+ Heterozygous Tower
Beige |
TOV Pink
White |
Heterozygous
Wilson White + Heterozygous Gunning Black+ Homozygous Tower Beige
|
TOV Homozygous
Pink White |
Dominant / Recessive Hybrids
Genotype
|
Phenotype
|
Heterozygous
Wilson White + Heterozygous Charcoal/Ebony |
White (Char/Eb
carrier) |
Heterozygous
Wilson White + Homozygous Charcoal/Ebony |
Char/Eb
and White Hybrid |
Heterozygous
Wilson White + Heterozygous Sapphire |
White (Sapphire
carrier) |
Heterozygous
Wilson White + Homozygous Sapphire |
White and
Sapphire Hybrid |
Heterozygous
Wilson White + Heterozygous Violet |
White (Violet
carrier) |
Heterozygous
Wilson White + Homozygous Violet |
White and
Violet Hybrid |
Heterozygous
Wilson White + Heterozygous Tower Beige + Homozygous Charcoal/Ebony
|
White and
Tan Hybrid |
Heterozygous
Tower Beige + Heterozygous Charcoal/Ebony |
Beige (Char/Eb
carrier) |
Heterozygous
Tower Beige + Homozygous Charcoal/Ebony |
Tan / Pastel
/ Wrap-around Beige |
Heterozygous
Tower Beige + Heterozygous Sapphire |
Beige (Sapphire
carrier) |
Heterozygous
Tower Beige + Homozygous Sapphire |
Beige w/
Sapphire Influence |
Heterozygous
Tower Beige + Heterozygous Violet |
Beige (Violet
carrier) |
Heterozygous
Tower Beige + Homozygous Violet |
Beige w/
Violet Influence |
Heterozygous
Tower Beige + Heterozygous Gunning Black + Homozygous Charcoal/Ebony
|
TOV Tan |
Homozygous
Tower Beige + Heterozygous Charcoal/Ebony |
Homo Beige
(Char/Eb carrier) |
Homozygous
Tower Beige + Homozygous Charcoal/Ebony |
Homo Beige
Tan / Homo Beige Pastel / Wrap-Around Homo Beige |
Homozygous
Tower Beige + Heterozygous Sapphire |
Homo Beige
(Sapphire carrier) |
Homozygous
Tower Beige + Homozygous Sapphire |
Homo Beige
w/ Sapphire Influence |
Homozygous
Tower Beige + Heterozygous Violet |
Homo Beige
(Violet carrier) |
Homozygous
Tower Beige + Homozygous Violet |
Homo Beige
w/ Violet Influence |
Heterozygous
Gunning Black + Heterozygous Charcoal/Ebony |
Black Velvet
(Char/Eb carrier) |
Heterozygous
Gunning Black + Homozygous Charcoal/Ebony |
TOV Ebony |
Heterozygous
Gunning Black + Heterozygous Sapphire |
Black Velvet
(Sapphire carrier) |
Heterozygous
Gunning Black + Homozygous Sapphire |
TOV Sapphire |
Heterozygous
Gunning Black + Heterozygous Violet |
Black Velvet
(Violet carrier) |
Heterozygous
Gunning Black + Homozygous Violet |
TOV Violet |
Recessive / Recessive Hybrids
Genotype
|
Phenotype
|
Homozygous
Charcoal/Ebony |
Homozygous
Charcoal/Ebony |
Homozygous
Sapphire |
Sapphire
|
Homozygous
Violet |
Violet |
Heterozygous
Charcoal/Ebony + Heterozygous Violet (dihybrid) |
(Char/Eb
and Violet carrier) |
Heterozygous
Charcoal/Ebony + Homozygous Violet |
Violet (Char/Eb
carrier) |
Heterozygous
Charcoal/Ebony + Heterozygous Sapphire (dihybrid) |
(Char/Eb
and Sapphire carrier) |
Heterozygous
Charcoal/Ebony + Homozygous Sapphire |
Sapphire
(Char/Eb carrier) |
Homozygous
Charcoal/Ebony + Heterozygous Violet |
Charcoal/Ebony
(Violet carrier) |
Homozygous
Charcoal/Ebony + Homozygous Violet |
Wrap-Around
Violet |
Homozygous
Charcoal/Ebony + Heterozygous Sapphire |
Charcoal/Ebony
(Sapphire carrier) |
Homozygous
Charcoal/Ebony + Homozygous Sapphire |
Iris / Wrap-Around
Sapphire |
Heterozygous
Sapphire + Heterozygous Violet (dihybrid) |
(Sapphire
and Violet carrier) |
Heterozygous
Sapphire + Homozygous Violet |
Violet (Sapphire
carrier) |
Homozygous
Sapphire + Heterozygous Violet |
Sapphire
(Violet carrier) |
Homozygous
Sapphire + Homozygous Violet |
Violephire
/ Sapphire and Violet hybrid |