What kind of mutation could an albino female carry besides recessive ones that are not carried on the XY chromosome? Can she carry dominant mutations without showing them? It seems that the more I try to understand the genetics of mutation the more confused I become, is it just me?

I'm not entirely sure but i don't think albino hens can be hiding anything...

the only thing I can think of can I could be TOTALLY off base, but I will put it out there and stand to be correct is is fine because I can learn.

 

The yellow-face gene? Affects this mutation yes? If they carry the double factor yellow face gene then their face is visually white not yellow. If they are visually yellowface they are called creamino?

If they are visually yellowface they are called creamino

they would be called yellowface albino technically there is as far as i know (or my books state) no such description as a creamino budgie creamino is a term used to descibe a certain mutation of love bird not budgie

http://www.magsi.com/Aviary/creamino.html

Edited February 27, 200619 yr by hath

I remember going through this with Nerwen, the Creamino mutations. Here is where it describes it also in budgies http://www.geocities.com/budgie-place/p_colors.html

i still think it is called a creamino as a nick name carried over from the love bird it is not the official name which is a yellow faced albino

http://www.budgerigars.co.uk/genetics/yfalbino.html

http://www.budgerigars.co.uk/genetics/yfalbino.html

An albino budgie can carry anything besides the yellow gene, the clearbody gene and perhaps the cinnamon gene.

 

You can't see her other mutations because the ino gene "hides" them. But you will see them in her children

i still think it is called a creamino as a nick name carried over from the love bird it is not the official name which is a yellow faced albino

http://www.budgerigars.co.uk/genetics/yfalbino.html

http://www.budgerigars.co.uk/genetics/yfalbino.html

 

gotcha!

An albino budgie can carry anything besides the yellow gene, the clearbody gene and perhaps the cinnamon gene.

 

You can't see her other mutations because the ino gene "hides" them. But you will see them in her children

I was sure that female budgies of any colour can't carry sex linked genes like cinnamon...

you are right on that Bea, if they carry the gene then it would be visual, making it a lacewing right Bea?

The reason I say yellow-face is because if it is doublefactor it would make her visually white faced but carrying the yellowfaced gene.

Edited February 27, 200619 yr by lovey

Yeah, a cinnamon albino would be a lacewing. I hadn't thought the yellow face thing.

I think opaline can be 'hidden' on a female albino because it all white anyway.

good one Nerwen, didn't even thing about that.