Allowed colors are red, sesame (a red with
recessive black gene that manifests itself as a sooty overlay), and black and tan.
Usually, German Shepherds are a brown and black mix, but some carry
the recessive black gene and end up giving birth to a Black German Shepherd.
Not exact matches
It's hard to prove for sure, but it's possible that their
recessive genes that carry the
black gene may also contribute to a larger size.
«E», normal extension of
black, allows the A-series alleles to show through, and «e»,
recessive red / yellow, overrides whatever
gene is present at the A locus to produce a dog which shows only phaeomelanin pigment in the coat.
Black and Tan and Chocolate and Tan are recessive colors to red, i.e. two black and tan dogs can't produce a red puppy unless they both contain the recessive red
Black and Tan and Chocolate and Tan are
recessive colors to red, i.e. two
black and tan dogs can't produce a red puppy unless they both contain the recessive red
black and tan dogs can't produce a red puppy unless they both contain the
recessive red
gene.
The brindle
gene is a
recessive part of the K series / K Locus of
genes which is dominantly
black,
recessive brindle and
recessive non-solid
black genes.
of
genes which is dominantly
black,
recessive brindle and
recessive non-solid
black genes.
Dominant
black genes usually stop the development of brindle, but the following
recessive color
genes can produce different variations of the brindle colors.
The
black coat
gene color can either be dominant or
recessive.
The traditional color, produced when one or both
genes have the dominant allele, is commonly referred to as
black or
black and rust (also called
black and tan), while the most common variation, due to both
genes having the
recessive allele, produces what is called a red or red and rust Doberman in America and a «brown» Doberman in the rest of the world, which is primarily deep reddish - brown with rust markings.
Yellow appears in Aussies because it is
recessive to
black and red, meaning that both parents have to carry the
gene for any yellow pups to appear.
However, for this to happen, both parents must carry the solid
black recessive gene.
The
black coat comes from the dominant or
recessive genes.
There are some breeders which state that if the dog has only one
recessive Chocolate
gene, then this dog will look like the traditional Yorkies but if it has two
recessive Chocolate
genes, then its skin and coat will be not
black but with liver or brown color.
Black GSDs are also a result of
recessive genes.
Black and brown combine with a
recessive dilution
gene to produce gray and cream - colored dogs.
Dogs without the
recessive gene causing color dilution would typically have
black noses.
Both yellow Labs and chocolate Labs are
recessive, but because a yellow Lab's ee
genes mask both the
black and chocolate coloration, yellow Labs are more common than chocolate Labs.
The
gene for all
black is
recessive, so two parents with that
gene who are grown can make a
black puppy.
A German Shepherd that is, say,
black and tan, can carry the recessive solid black gene and produce Black German Shepherd pup
black and tan, can carry the
recessive solid
black gene and produce Black German Shepherd pup
black gene and produce
Black German Shepherd pup
Black German Shepherd puppies.
However, both parents must have the
recessive gene for solid
black to appear in the litter.
Although the visual effect can be the same, it is easy to confuse this with the subtle hint of bronze (liver) that shows through in coats of some
black dogs that carry an incompletely - masked
recessive allele (one of the
gene pair) for «a dilute» such as liver - chocolate.
Fading of
black coats (a tinge of rust or brown in some part of the hairs) can be caused by several things: a
recessive gene for liver - dilute pigment, or modifier
genes located on different places or chromosomes, for example.