Additionally, Gray offspring from Blue parents are considered to be purebred Gray and will never pass on the
blue coat color genes.
A dog with two variant copies of the MLPH gene will have a blue, charcoal, Isabella (lilac) or fawn coat color depending on the
other coat color genes present in the individual.
They created a strain of genetically identical mice, all of which had
a coat color gene called agouti viable yellow (Avy).
The calico coat color is caused by
a coat color gene on the X chromosome.
In the case of Aussies, most (but not all) of our inherited cataracts are due to the HSF4 gene which has shown no evidence that it is linked to
any coat color genes.
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Coat Color Genes» is a reference chart in easy - to - download pdf format.