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[Linda]

Well, Dan, you've done more thinking about lilac genetics than anyone 
else I know - what do you think :-)

There is a gene in rabbits (japanese gene) that allows different colors 
to express. It's the gene for tricolor and harlequin rabbits (and I 
guess it's the same for calico cats and brindle dogs?). In rabbits 
(don't know about dogs and cats) it shows up only on agouti animals, 
which probably wouldn't apply to your sheep. Is there a gene that would 
allow dilute/non dilute to express on the same animal?

I'm not sure we have a firm definition of what is lilac or even what is 
black. I've had a few sheep with brown wool - black facial and leg 
markings. As far as I could determine they were not lilac carriers and I 
considered them poor blacks, not lilacs. There was no color banding that 
might indicate a mineral deficiency, but perhaps that was a factor.

I hope you'll follow through and let us know what you decide.

Linda.

On 4/6/2010 10:48 AM, Dan Carpenter wrote:

>

> I sheared yesterday and found a clearly grey patch on an otherwise 

> dark black 2-year old ram.  I noticed a different color on him last 

> year when I sheared, but just figured it was a stain or faded spot.  

> (Some of you saw this ram at AGM last year and noticed the spot.)  

> This ram is a proven lilac carrier, but I don't know if the grey is 

> from lilac or something else.  (Though I suppose that anything that 

> isn't black is lilac.)

>

> See pictures at: 

> http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=11795463&l=35be1b9e9a&id=710530252 

> <http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=11795463&l=35be1b9e9a&id=710530252> 

> & 

> http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=11795965&l=a06f251237&id=710530252 

> <http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=11795965&l=a06f251237&id=710530252>.

>

> -Dan

>

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