Genetics is often made extremely complex and difficult, and it is easy to get bogged down in the academic learning methods when trying to asnwer simple questions.
We hope that the articles listed within this section of the website answer in a practical way how genetics works. It should be borne in mind that genetics is not onbly at play when it comes to the Mutation colours, but also regarding almost every facet, detail and characteristic of your chinchillas.
The first article is structured around colour inheritance, since this is an obvious starting point, since differences in Mutation colour can be distinguished by all...
The second article goes into more detail, noting how the genetic makeup of a chinchilla can be determined in symbolic representation. This sounds complex but in reality is not - just a simple set of rules...
The third article goes on to talk about Lethal genes - a topic often picke dup on my the novice breeder since the very wording can cause concern. Once again, a set of simple rules for the novice will prevent this ever being a problem...
Click on the links below, or follow the menu structure to the left to navigate to these pages.