Dominant black genes usually stop the development of brindle, but the following
recessive color genes can produce different variations of the brindle colors.
Not exact matches
The
gene for green eyes is also dominant over blue eye
color, but is
recessive to brown.
That can happen because the
gene for blue eye
color is
recessive, which means that you need two
genes for blue eyes to actually have blue eyes.
The Hiroshima University team, led by Masayuki Sumida, created the frog by breeding garden - variety Japanese brown frogs that had
recessive genes for light -
colored skin.
What most people know about the inheritance of eye
color is that brown comes from a dominant
gene (needing one copy only) and blue from a
recessive gene (needing two copies).
Then came the real test, determining whether the
recessive yellow
gene drove out dominant
genes for other
colors.
This mutation is
recessive so two copies of the mutated
gene (or «d» allele) are needed to produce the dilute coat
color.
Cream is another
color determined by
recessive genes.
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
gene.
Since the
color comes from a rare
recessive gene, this dog is rare to find in nature.
Brindle is a less common
color in Chihuahuas because it requires one or both parents to carry the
recessive brindle
gene.
The black coat
gene color can either be dominant or
recessive.
However, possessing a gorgeous merle coat
color comes with a price that is it carries a
recessive gene.
If you breed two dogs of the same or similar
color, there is a good chance that the puppies will be that
color too, though you must always account for
recessive genes.
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.
Greedy «backyard breeders» inbreed within the tiny
recessive gene pool to ensure that pitbulls have unique
coloring and meet the «blue lust» demand.
Some people think that their
color is because of their parent carrying the double
recessive Chocolate
gene.
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.
As a conclusion, the Parti Yorkies are indeed purebred Yorkshire Terriers and differ from the «standard» once only by their
coloring — a factor which is determined by the
recessive genes.
Allowed
colors are red, sesame (a red with
recessive black
gene that manifests itself as a sooty overlay), and black and tan.
Black and brown combine with a
recessive dilution
gene to produce gray and cream -
colored dogs.
The
color is due to a
recessive gene that causes the pup to have lighter tan
colored fur above the eyes, around the muzzle, and on the chest and legs.
Instead, he receives his blue
coloring from a
recessive gene that forms a clump of
color pigmentation around the hair shaft and leaves the tip of the hair without
color.
Dogs without the
recessive gene causing
color dilution would typically have black noses.
Piebald is a
recessive allele of the S
gene, where the dominant allele is expressed as a solid
color.
The white
gene is not a dilute
gene, like liver and blue; it is a masking
gene (meaning the
recessive gene masks the dog's true
color).
The
recessive gene is only responsible for the dog's
color; there are absolutely no links to poor health or temperament.
If the non-white carries the
recessive white
gene, the puppies will have a 50/50 chance of being white or
colored.
There are some health concerns with certain Danes due to
recessive genes and some coat
colors are a result of these
genes.
The D
gene in its
recessive dd combination can mute the coloration of a Labrador, resulting in a gray or silver -
colored coat.
However, in Labs the
recessive gene is rare, and so brindle
colored labs are also quite rare.
Some
colors occur through careful selection, others appear out of the blue e.g. Lilac (Lavender) appeared in normally blue (gray) Korats due to mutation or
recessive (hidden)
genes.