If the non-white carries
the recessive white gene, the puppies will have a 50/50 chance of being white or colored.
What proportion depends on whether the non-white Shepherd also carries
the recessive white gene.
Not exact matches
Doctors believe Catherine has a
recessive gene for the pigmentation, because baby Jonah is not albino, just
white.
Mating 2 whites together will produce 100 %
white puppies because
white is a double
recessive gene phenotype.
Interestingly, the
White German Shepherd Dog
recessive gene doesn't cause albinism.
Though the
white gene doesn't trace back to a clear record, it's presumed to be
recessive and independent of any other
genes.
The
white variety is simply a manifestation of
recessive genes, similar to blonde hair in humans, and is not indicative of albinism.
The
white gene is not a dilute
gene, like liver and blue; it is a masking
gene (meaning the
recessive gene masks the dog's true color).