On Mon, 1 Aug 2011 14:17:34 -0700 (PDT), MORGAN LEWIS <shadowland22000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >I would think that if both COLORED DOGS carried a single >WHITE GENE, then you could have a WHITE PUPPY!! Yes. But that's not what I said. In your example, only the resulting white puppy would have BOTH copies of the gene necessary in order to be white. Just on that basis, it would seem to me that the white puppy would be genetically different from his parents since he has 2 copies of the gene while they each only have 1. Just thinkin'... -- Karen C. Email: kmc@xxxxxxxxxxxx ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================