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The following program asks you for color information about a pair of gerbils, then predicts the colors of the offspring. This is written in C and is compiled to run under Windows 95. This program has been converted from CSH by The original script was writen by This program takes a simplified approach to gerbil color genetics, only taking into consideration 4 of the known color loci:

A - Agouti/black

P - Color muting (eye and coat color)

Ch - Albino locus, incomplete albino mutation

W - White-spotting.

This is not the "official" designation for the gene locus; it is probably supposed to be Sp, but I find that hard to read. This is the only known color mutation that is genetically dominant. The E and G genes are not considered in this program. That means that you will get misleading answers for gerbils that are Nutmeg, Honey, Argente Nutmeg, Grey Agouti, Slate, and variants of those colors. This program may be freely distributed and used by anybody, but not sold. If anyone enhances or extends the program, the authors would appreciate it if they would send them a copy of the enhanced version. If you make any changes, please add a dated comment at the top describing the change, and update any version string.

Please note that the program needs to be run in Win95 from the DOS Prompt.

Click here to download.

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