The theory of plate tectonics states that the Earth's solid outer crust, the lithosphere, is separated into plates that move over the asthenosphere, the molten upper portion of the mantle. Oceanic and continental plates come together, spread apart, and interact at boundaries all over the planet.
The type of inheritance that the fur color follows is codominance. The alleles of the speckled brown and white mice are WB, where both alleles are expressed.