
%0 Journal Article
%A M Kemper, Catherine 
%A H Schmitt, Lincoln 
%T Inheritance of Tail Colour and White-spotting in Conilurus penicillatus (Muridae)
%J Australian Journal of Biological Sciences
%D 1988/12/01
%V 41
%N 4
%P 489-494
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/BI9880489
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/BI9880489 
%X In the wild, Coni/urus penicillatus has two tail colour morphs, one entirely black and the other with a white distal brush of variable length. These colour morphs have been used in the past for taxonomic purposes. A small proportion (4'6%) of laboratory-reared animals have a white interstitial section. Pedigree data were collected from a laboratory colony (n = 173) established using seven wild-caught animals from the north Kimberley region, Western Australia. The hypothesis tested was that black tail is inherited as a Mendelian character recessive to white tip. Matings between black-tailed individuals always gave black offspring. Crosses between other colour morphs also supported this hypothesis. 
