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branchez
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I have a friend that has a pair of normal looking gouldians,3 of the 9 young that they
have bred are white breasted.Does this mean that one or both parents are split for
white breasted?

Jack
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Craig52
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You need two split birds to produce WB so yes they are split for it. (Autosmal recessive mutation)
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Thanks Craig.
Jack
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This is another one of the - and the other 6 could all be splits - situations.
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