could 2 normal cats make an albino one

i never thought GCSE science would help with fishing! As far as i know what makes catfish become albinos is a gene. in this is the case, it must be a resessive gene, in which case 2 normal cats could make an anbino one. for instance if two catfish stocked into the lake had one allial (half a gene) for albino and one for normal, they would appear normal, but carry the gene. the two then do their business atspawning time and thee's a 1/4 chance that the spawn will be albino. so, yes, basically. atb, nick.

i thought that was the case mate i just needed some one else to say it in science jargan

yeah dan !!! iv just dug out my old microscope slides out of the loft and donned my lab coat and after a detailed prediction, analysis and conclusion i have to agree. lol only jokin sandy

ha ha nice evo na man i would love to catch an english albino cat that would be the best

true, i'd love to see one in person.

You are spot on I know all about this because I was brought up with mink farming. The most valuable mink where albino but they are not actually white but a light blue the correct name for them being winter blue's and they have pink eyes where as white mink do not.
In order to get them we kept females that had come from a litter that had contained a winter blue and males from a litter that had contained a winter blue. If you breed winter blues together you are unlikely to get any winter blue kittens in the litter.These were known as winter blue carriers. Bred together if you were lucky you got one or sometimes (rarely) two or more winter blue's although it did not always work. These carrier mink could be any colour from black to white as the only common factor was they carried the winter blue gene.

so its your mink that are out and about ha ha only joking my dog loves getting them but there visious little fuckers

is there any in pondwood albino i mean

No albino's in pondwood to date but they are a lovely colour in there gleam blue marble in the sun light.

sorry guys, just had a chat with my biology teacher (who is also an angler) and albinos are not a genetic trait as i thought. albinoism is technically a defective or missing gene (not sure which)so the creature cant make melanin, which colours the skin, hair, eyes, ect. the difference is that this is a simply random event, rather then a recessive allial so no albino or albino gene carrying catfish need to be stocked into the lake, which means they could crop up anywhere anytime. the answer to the queston is still yes, but i got the reason wrong. atb, Nick.

Nick not thats not really correct, half of what you said first time is true. Is would start with a mutation in the DNA then it could be passed down (or so i believe from breeding reptiles). So bit of both.. but wont go into details as i get bored enough about the subject and Genetics is my favioute part of A level bio which is my best a level.

im not gonna take A level bio, it's my weaest point, lol, just posted what my teacher said, what i said in the first was wrong, i thought there was an albino allial but there isn't it's basically a damaged or mising gene, though i dont think it can be passed on from generation to generation as i heard that albinos are sterile. anyway, it dosent really matter why and i dont really care enough to spend hours looking it up, either way the answer to the oiginal question is: yes.

i used to breed ferrets and the albino gene is carried throughout the generation's. if u breed a male an female that both have this gene in them there is a very high chance of them breeding albino young.

Nick, I have to say that your first post was pretty much correct and that your teacher is partially correct as there are many factors affecting albinism - albinism IS though most definitely a genetic trait (especially if we are talking about defective genes - the gene must be there to be switched on at some point) - It gets tricky after this point.

Basically if you have two animals that are heterozygous for albinism and albinism is a recessive trait - in simple terms if a normal coloured animals colour can be described by the term AA, then an albino will be aa, a heterozygous animal that carries both traits would be Aa, therefore simple mathematics show that any crossing will produce 1/4 albino offspring (assuming that there is no other impediment linked with the albino gene that would lead to the termination of the offspring pre term - or render the resulting zoospore / egg combo unviable) - 1/4 offspring will be 'Normal' and 1/2 will be heterogygous for albino.

of course albinism can crop up from random mutation at any point !

Survival of albino offspring is something altogether different and albinism normally leads to an increased incidence of mortality before maturity - there are exceptions but generally this is the rule.

carl

ok... so i was right the first time, it IS a recessive gene. oh well, at least we can put this one to bed, lol.