Equine coat color genetics
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title:
Equine coat color genetics
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Equine coat color genetics determine a horse's coat color. Many colors are possible, but all variations are produced by changes in only a few genes. Bay is the most common color of horse, followed by black and chestnut. A change at the agouti locus is capable of turning bay to black, while a mutation at the extension locus can turn bay or black to chestnut. These three "base" colors can be affected by any number of dilution genes and patterning genes. The dilution genes include the wildtype dun
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Genetics behind the equine coat color
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equine_coat_color_genetics
date created:
2004-12-17T01:02:16Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T10:35:30Z
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