• DOI:10.1007/BF00958904
Corpus ID: 5446868

Inheritance of the black form of the leopardPanthera pardus

@article{Robinson2004InheritanceOT,
  title={Inheritance of the black form of the leopardPanthera pardus},
  author={R. Robinson},
  journal={Genetica},
  year={2004},
  volume={41},
  pages={190-197}
}

R. Robinson

Published 2004

Biology, Medicine

Genetica

The black form of the leopard is shown to be inherited as an autosomal monogenic recessive to the spotted wild type. Pairings of black animals inter se have a significantly smaller litter size than other possible pairings. Two reasons are offered for this: (1) that black animals may be slightly more inbred than the spotted or (2) black animals may be more prone to pre-natal loss than the spotted. The significance of the latter possibility is briefly discussed in relation to the persistence of… CONTINUE READING

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