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Well, the white tigers fur mutation isn't dominant nor beneficial (depends). The allele for white fur in tigers is recessive and even then not many tigers are heterozygous (One dominant allele and one recessive allele for those who do not know) Now it can be beneficial depending where the tigers live, there used to be Siberian Tigers who lived in the snow so it would be beneficial there but white fur will decrease stealth ability in the jungles, therefore alleles can be beneficial or harmful depending on the allele and where the organism lives.
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Can white tigers give birth to orange tigers?
Yes. In fact, most white tigers give birth to orange tigers 7/8 of the time, and while you may think these orange tigers are normal, they're not. They still have the same birth deficiencies as the white tigers. Only 1 in 4 tiger cubs from a white tiger bred to an orange tiger carrying the white gene are born white, and 80% of those die from birth defects associated with the inbreeding necessary to cause a white coat. The ONLY way to produce a tiger or lion with a white coat is through inbreeding brother to sister or father to daughter; generation after generation after generation. The kind of severe inbreeding that is required to produce the mutation of a white coat also causes a number of other defects in these big cats. The white coat is a double recessive gene so most of the cubs born through this inbreeding have normal coloring but they too suffer the same defects and are referred to in the trade as "throw away tigers."
Purple flowers are dominant to white flowers?
Purple flowers certainly are dominant to white flowers. In nature usually dark colors will be dominant over the lighter colors.
What is the white Bengal tigers ecosystem look like?
It is the same as a Bengal tiger's ecosystem (generally, white tigers don't survive in the wild, but some do). Forested areas, with maybe some grassland where sambar (Indian deer) would hide. By the way, white tigers have nothing different than orange tigers. A white cat and a black cat are still both cats and act the same. So would the tigers.
Do white tigers live in meadows?
no they live in condoms
What are two alleles for feathers color?
Purple flowers are dominant to white flowers.
What is special about white tigers?
There is nothing "special" about white tigers, it is a mutation at birth.
Why are the white tigers white?
It is a mutation of genetic genes.
Are there such things as white tigers?
Yes. White tigers have a mutation in their genes that makes them white, and they are the offspring of siberian tigers and bengal tigers.
How are white tigers made?
White tigers are the same as normal tigers, their genes just had some type of mutation.
What is more endangered white Bengal tigers or white Siberian tigers?
White Bengal tigers are the ONLY white tiger and are only found in zoos, the white is just a genetic mutation. white Siberian tigers do not exist.
What is the difference of a white tiger and a white Siberian tiger?
White Siberian tigers do not exist. The only white tigers are Bengal tigers and they just a genetic mutation and are only found in zoos.
Is an Indian tiger white?
As far as I know white tigers are Belgium Tigers witha birth defect/ mutation type thing
Why aren't white tigers orange?
Because white tigers are a genetic 'mutation' from the 'normal' colour pattern of orange and black stripes.
Where was the white tiger living before they were becoming endangered?
White tigers exist, but only as a mutation to the species.... SIBEIA and INDIA and other SOUTH ASIAN countries are the home to tigers[includes the white]. White tiger mutation occurs more in INDIA.
Where can you buy a white Siberian tiger?
You cannot buy white Siberian tigers as they do not exist. White tigers are only found in zoos and are all just Bengal tigers with a genetic mutation.
Dominant and recessive traits of white tigers?
Being a tiger.
What percentage of white tigers live in zoo's?
All - they are a mutation that is only propagated in zoos.
