I just got a chance to read the information on genetics, and there is a part that leaves one confused, although it quite good overall.
Under "special effects", describing chinchilla, shaded, and smoke, some information was left out about the smokes, smoke is ALWAYS a non-agouti animal (aa), whereas the chinchilla and shaded patterns are ALWAYS agouti (A_) The way it is stated sounds like CFA information and they are in the dark ages as far as genetics are concerned.
The smoke can further be described as light, medium, or dark. Smokes are self-colored silvers, and should not be listed with chin and shaded patterns. (Although there are also shaded silvers, and chinchilla silvers, also)
Chinchilla and Shadeds are pattern only, silver or not. And difference between these two are in the polygenes that cause the "wide-banding" effect.
Smokes are not caused by any kind of polygenic wide-banding effect. They are simply self silvers.
Judy
Under "special effects", describing chinchilla, shaded, and smoke, some information was left out about the smokes, smoke is ALWAYS a non-agouti animal (aa), whereas the chinchilla and shaded patterns are ALWAYS agouti (A_) The way it is stated sounds like CFA information and they are in the dark ages as far as genetics are concerned.
The smoke can further be described as light, medium, or dark. Smokes are self-colored silvers, and should not be listed with chin and shaded patterns. (Although there are also shaded silvers, and chinchilla silvers, also)
Chinchilla and Shadeds are pattern only, silver or not. And difference between these two are in the polygenes that cause the "wide-banding" effect.
Smokes are not caused by any kind of polygenic wide-banding effect. They are simply self silvers.
Judy