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What causes a horse to be black?
it all depneds on the color and genes of the two parents of the horse if the father has dominating genes then the horse will be black if not it may be a differnt color
There are two base color genes for horses what are they?
The answer for Howrse is Chestnut and Bay
What are the two base color genes for a horse?
Red (AKA chestnut) and Black. In the related links you will find a page that can tell you a ton about the red and black genes, as well as how they work with other genes. *Note: it says Morgan horses, but it goes for all breeds*
What are two base color genes for horses?
the answer is Bay and chestnut for howrse and for reality
A perlino horse has two cream alleles on what base color?
bay
- There are two base color genes for horses What are they?
The two base colors for horses are chestnut and black. Both of these horses have both phaeomelanin (red pigment) and eumelanin (black pigment). The Agouti Locus pushes black pigment out to the horse's points, leaving only red pigment showing on the body. This causes bay, which is considered a third base color.
If you breed a light bay and a chestnut horse what color will the foal be?
Usually the darker color will dominate, the foals color will usually be the darker of the two. But sometimes it will depend on the genes too.
What are the two main colour genes for a horse?
Bay (light, dark...) and Grey (looks white) Actually, the two main color genes for horses is chestnut (red) and black. All horses- regardless of what other genes they have (creme, roan, etc.)- are either chestnut (red) or black at their base color. Not bay and grey. You can see the site in the related links explains all about the base colors, and what modifies them into other colors, like bay or grey. It says Morgan horses, but it goes for all breeds.
What are the two base color genes for horse?
The base color is black/red factors, controlled by the Extension gene. A horse with one or two copies of the Extension gene (Ee or EE) will have black factors. A horse with no copies of the Extension gene (ee) will be chestnut.The Agouti gene acts on the Extension gene by limiting where the black factors are displayed, into points such as the legs, mane, tail, muzzle, and ears. A horse with at least one copy of the Extension gene that doesn't not have a copy of the Agouti gene will be black, provided that no other gene modify the color. One or two copies of the Agouti gene in combination with the Extension gene will result in a bay horse. A chestnut horse (no copies of the Extension gene) can have copies of the Agouti gene, but it will not affect the horse's color, as the horse has no black factors for the Agouti gene to limit.
What color horse will you get if you breed a black horse with a chestnut horse?
It depends on the horse's genetics. Chestnut is recessive to black, therefore a chestnut horse always carries two chestnut genes but a black horse could be carrying two black genes OR a black and a chestnut, but the black is dominant therefore the horse has a black coat. Think of it as the black coat always sits 'on top' of the chestnut coat so if a horse has a black gene it will always show up but chestnut will only show up if there are no black genes at all. If you breed a homozygous dominant (two black genes) black horse to a chestnut, the foal will always be heterozygous dominant black. (One black gene and one chestnut gene) If you breed a heterozygous dominant (one black one chestnut) black horse to a chestnut, the foal has a 50% chance of being heterozygous dominant black and a 50% chance of being homozygous recessive chestnut. (two red genes) If you have no idea what your black horse's color genes are, think of it as having a 75% chance of a black foal, 25% chance of a chestnut foal.
What color horse will you get if you breed a golden dun horse with a black horse?
It depends on what is the dominant trait. Its all to do with the dominant and recessive genes of the parents. Each parent will have two chromosomes for color and the foal will have one from each. Most likely you will get either a dun or black but the specific chances of that happening can only be found out if more research is done into the parents and grandparents' genes.
What color foal do you get when you breed a chestnut horse and a palomino horse?
You could get either a palomino or a chestnut. Since a palomino is a diluted chestnut, and a chestnut has no dilution genes, it will balance out the foal's genes so that it could be either color! Good Luck!
