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David
Claire Talltree wrote in message <3970A977...@talltree.net>...
So far, there really is no true albinism (complete lack of pigment) in any
parrot. The albino budgies, cockatiels, etc. that we see are usually the
result of the expression of two color mutations, one that removes melanin
(grey/black/blue pigment) and one that removes yellow/red pigment. The
trait that removes melanin is called "ino" in many birds. The "albino"
Grey is really more of a "lutino" Grey - a bird with no melanin pigment
that still retains the yellow/red pigments (hence the red tail). It was
probably called albino in the same way that lutino cockatiels were called
albino years ago, or amelanistic ("Lutino") corn snakes are called "albino"
even though they're red.
-J.
--
Jennifer Mullen | "Nothing happens in contradiction to
arat...@home.com | nature, just in contradiction to
http://members.home.net/aratingae/ | what we know of it" --character of
| Dana Scully
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As I think of the genetics of this bird... if I owned it, I'd
immediately breed it back to its parent, to see if more could be
produced. Ah, I'm a geneticist at heart!
--Claire Talltree
TOBY4W wrote:
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> IT CAN STILL BE AN INO EVEN WITH THE RED TAIL FEATHERS.
> Lutino PF Lovebirds retain the red/peach in face etc
> Toby.
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