Here you will find more information on the subject
of coat color genetics:
Equine
Coat Color Genetics:
What
are genes?
What causes the different coat colors in horses?
What are the basic coat color genes?
How do coat color genes interact?
Find
the answers at the Veterinary Genetics Lab at UC-Davis: Coat
Color Genetics
and in this article: "A
REFERENCE GUIDE: Arabian Coat Coloration"
Homozygous
Black:
What
is the "red factor"?
What are possible coat colors for horses that are homozygous for red?
What are possible coat colors for horses that are heterozygous for red?
What are possible coat colors for horses that are homozygous for black?
What is the "red factor test"?
Find
the answers at the Veterinary Genetics Lab at UC-Davis: Red
Factor test
Or, here you'll also find an interesting article called "The
Mystique of the Black Arabian Horse"
NOTE:
It is unlikely that the red factor test is 100% accurate. However, I still
believe that the red factor test is a very useful tool in determining
the presence or absence of the "red gene". For example, without the test,
a breeder would need to breed 7 chestnut/sorrel mares with the stallion
being tested, and if all 7 foals are black, then the stallion is likely
to be homozygous for black with high assurance. For most breeders, that
just wouldn't be practical. - Severine
Breeding
with Blacklordof Cairo:
The
following table shows the coat colors of resulting offspring according
to genetic principles.
Blacklordof
Cairo: Black (EE aa CC dd zz ww gg rnrn toto oo lplp)
| Coat Color of Mare |
Coat Color of Resulting Offspring |
| Black |
Black |
| Bay |
Black or Bay |
| Chestnut or Sorrel |
Black or Bay |
| Palomino |
Black, Bay or Buckskin |
| Buckskin Dun |
Black, Bay, Buckskin Dun or Grulla |
| Grulla or Mouse Dun |
Black or Grulla |
| Claybank/Red Dun |
Black, Buckskin Dun or Grulla |
| Buckskin |
Black, Bay or Buckskin |
| White |
White or Non-white (will depend on mare's color
genes being hidden by white) |
| Gray |
Gray or Non-gray (will depend on mare's color
genes being hidden by gray) |
NOTE:
I would recommend the book "Horse Genetics" by Ann T. Bowling (at UC-Davis)
to anyone who would like to know more about equine coat color genetics.
I did a fair bit of research on this topic and finally decided to use
this book as the source of information provided on our web site. It is
up-to-date and easy to read. I believe it is important to realize that,
as more research is conducted, some of the genetics theories are bound
to be discarded or revised. But, in the meantime, we must rely on the
current theories, which do make a lot of sense. - Severine
