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Chin colors explained
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The seven chinchilla color genes*                         * Gray - Standard

           
         Common Dominate genes

*Beige -      *Black Velvet - semi lethel     *White - semi lethel

Gray crossed to any of these colors(above) will produce 50% offspring that are colored like each parent. 
                   
                             
Recessive genes
                      
*Violet -        * Sapphire -

        
dominate, weakly dominate, recessive, heterozygous, homozygous
               
here comes Ebony..., charcoal...dirty gray...

Gray can cross with any color.   When both parents
carry a recessive gene, a portion of the offspring will show that color.            


                          
COLOR DISTRIBUTION
             
Chart I                                         CHART II

More on Chin Colors                             More Chin Color Pics -
                                    
Color Chat


MCBA Color List with dates and place of origin

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