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02-16-2002, 06:05 AM
#2
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Lehigh County PA USA
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RE: Mutant Deer
I believe that half white/half brown deer are referred to as Piebald deer. I do not know what causes the different coloration but I would be willing to be that it is a recessive gene.
02-16-2002, 10:18 AM
#3
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: SE North Dakota
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RE: Mutant Deer
Yep, it was a piebald. I don't think it has anything to do with inbreeding, just that a deer with the gene mated with another with the similar gene.
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02-16-2002, 12:47 PM
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Rural Kansas... Where Life is Good
Posts: 4,139
RE: Mutant Deer
I've never actually seen a peibald myself, but know of a couple people around here who have. They're pretty rare around here.
Edited by - kshunter on 02/16/2002 13:48:11
Edited by - kshunter on 02/16/2002 13:48:11
02-16-2002, 03:23 PM
#5
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Beaver Falls Pa. USA
Posts: 192
RE: Mutant Deer
Piebalds are not all that uncommon. I believe its caused by a low pigmentation in the blood. An albino deer would have a lack of pigmentation. I'm not sure that it has anything to do with inbreeding.
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02-20-2002, 06:33 PM
#8
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Winnipeg Manitoba Canada
Posts: 315
RE: Mutant Deer
The term is Piebald,and is a form of albinoism.This is NOT a result of inbreeding or some genetic mutation,it is from a lack of a pigment,melanin(I think thats how its spelled),which gives the deer its brown/grey color.If completly absent,you have an albino(all white),if lacking you get a Piebald.Albino and Piebald deer are not as rare as most people think,however they do suffer a high mortality rate to predators due to their lack of natural camoflage.Other than the obvious,there is nothing wrong(biologically),with deer that have this trait.Hope this sheds a little light on the subject...
02-21-2002, 05:22 AM
#9
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: WV USA
Posts: 383
RE: Mutant Deer
yeah definitely a piebald we have a spike one mounted ill get a pic up of it also i missed one two years ago. they might look cool but are acutally a sign of inbreeding which is a sign of overpopulation. has anybody ever seen a melanistic deer?