Color mink – the genetic collection of genotypes of American mink
Colors of mink genetic collection.
Russian scientists collected global and domestic collection of genotypes of American mink, which fully meets the requirements of the commercial fur market. Received new mutations coloring of mink in combination with the existing attract the attention of manufacturers of fur garments.
Domestic and international collection of mutant genes painting of American mink
Description:
Mink is a predator belonging to the family kuntsevych, the family of weasels and Minks subgenus.
According to the classification there are two main species of mink, American and European.
The European mink is a little less American, its body length is 0.3-0.35 meters, and the fur of the European mink is valued less than its American cousin. The European mink is characterized by light brown color of the fur.
American mink large – 0,33-0,4 m, and their fur is darker, velvety and thick than the European mink. In the 1930s the American mink was brought to the USSR for a relatively short period of acclimatized and drove European traditional places of settlement.
The main provisions of the development of farming took place in the late 20’s-early 30-ies of XX century through the creation of large fur farms. It has been observed that mink colors are determined genetically, but because of the breed Minks are called mutations.
In the end, the American mink from fur breeders became not only the Queen of fur, but turned out to be the classic object of genetic research: has a huge number of mutations (rocks) affecting fur color: dominant and predominantly, lethal and sublethal recessive.
Natural color mink, like all fur-bearing animals, it is called wild (standard). From the standard mink the combination of crossing and receive all sorts of colors.
Russian scientists collected global and domestic collection of genotypes of American mink, which fully meets the requirements of the commercial fur market. Received new mutations coloring of mink in combination with the existing attract the attention of manufacturers of fur garments.
Domestic and international collection of mutant genes painting of American mink:
| Russian name | Symbol | North American title | Scandinavian name(EMBA trade mark) |
| Standard | +/+ | Standard | Scanblack, dark |
| Recessive mutations: | |||
| Grey types: | |||
| Aleutian | a/a | Gunmetal | Aleutian blu, Autio Blu, Waris blu |
| Cobalt | q/q | Cobalt | Cobolt |
| Imperial platinum | i/i | Imperial platinum | Marsh platinum |
| Silver-blue | p/p | Platinum | Silverblue |
| Steel blue | ps/ps | Steelblue | |
| White types: | |||
| Goofus | o/o | Goofus | Goofus |
| Albimacula | s/s | Albino | Red eyed white mink, Pink eyed white, |
| Hedlund white | h/h | Hedlund white | Arcticsnow Hedlund |
| Brown types: | |||
| North of BAF | tn/tn | Nordic albino | Meyer’s cream, Cream |
| Finnish white | tw/tw | Jens palomino | Swedish buff |
| Swedish Palomino | tp/tp | Swedish palomino | Palomino Svensk, Swedish buff |
| Coklat | ts/ts | Soclot pastel | |
| Moyle | m/m | Moyle buff | Moyle-Olsen buff |
| Cameo | MS/MS | Hedlund dilution | Cameo pastel |
| Amber | r/r | Ambergold pastel | |
| Wild glow | rd/rd | Wild glow | Caine, Johnson palomino |
| American Palomino | k/k | Palomino | Golden cross |
| Green-pastel | g/g | Green eyed pastel | Coffee, copper, Taupe, Ungava |
| Imperial pastel | j/j | Imperial pastel | Brunoyet pastel, pastel (Brown eyed pastel, |
| Royal pastel | b/b | Royal pastel | Pastel, Blond, Chocolate, Martin) |
| Predominantly: | |||
| Royal silver | SR/+ | Royal silver | Silvered Royal, Chocker |
| Khrestivka | S/+ | Black cross | Black Snow, Jebb |
| Shadow | SH/+ | Heggedal | Shadow |
| Silver sable | WF/+ | Silver sable | Bluefrost, Golden sable |
| Ebony | E/+ | Ebony | Ebonyblu |
| Calmira | V/+ | Colmira | Panda |
| Talitsa | TL/+ | Talitsa | |
| Black-and-white: | |||
| Roschinskaya motley | hs/+ | Rostchinskaya spotted | |
| Karelian motley | SK/+ | Karel’skaya spotted | |
| Finnish Jaguar | Z/+ | Finnjaguar | |
| Dominant: | |||
| Stewart, the Arctic | W/W | Stewart, arctic | |
| Jet black | N/N | Jetblack | |
| Findblack | F/F | Finnblack | |
| Bred in Russia | |||
| Black rhinestone | CR /+ | Black crystal | Black crystal |
| Ermine | CR /CR | Ermine, like mink | Ermine, like mink |
