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Hamster Variation and mutation
Hamster Variation and mutation
There have been numerous reports in recent years about new mutations but it has been impossible to confirm many of these. The following list includes only those that have been accepted by hamster authorities at the time of this writing.
Albino: The entire coat is pure white down to the roots, and devoid of any shading [...]
Hamster Genetics for breeding
To understand why hamsters have different colors, and how to breed for these particular colors, we must turn to the science of genetics and its law of heredity. This natural law was first expounded by the monk Gregor Mendel in 1865 but it did not become generally known and accepted until 1900. Genetics, sometimes called [...]
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Until hamsters were first domesticated in 1930, it was assumed that rats and mice had the shortest gestation period of any mammal, 21 days. But the female hamsters break that record easily with her period of 16 days. She can have her first litter when she is only eight weeks old and then, if birth [...]
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