Ace, in my case the Cordovan bees are just Itialian. I need the color as a genetic marker. Cordovans are commonly use in scientific assays due to the fact of their coloring breeds true.
The Cordovans act like any other itialian. A freak of nature?? Don?t know I would call the bees that. There are pigment variations in many species, wood duck: recessive color is apricot wood duck,,,,,, red birds cardinal recessive color is yellow, with horses the gene is called a ?cream gene? palamino, pheasant: recessive variation is melanistic.
I do not believe the Cordovan color is available in Asia. I have seen advertising for such a bee, but international transport in next to impossible. I do believe there is a Cordovan in Aussie land. Perhaps if Bill ELTALIA reads this thread he can comment.
However LJ is using the term albino as a good example of a recessive gene. A good example, I almost used myself but reframed for scientific reasons.
I have tried extensive study of the Cordovan color in honey bees: PubMed, not google, but I cannot find bonafide literature.
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