Not exact matches
Sable (A ^ y) is a dominant gene, so a
dog only needs one copy of the gene to be a
sable.
Since merle
only affects eumelaninG, the pattern isn't visible at all in yellow
dogs, and
only in the hair tip color of
sable dogs.
The
sable GSD often closely resembles their two - toned counterparts, such as the black and tan saddle back GSD's, but the
sable dogs individual hairs have more than one color on each of them creating a very unique pattern specific
only to that individual
dog.
In fawn /
sable dogs this test shows if other agouti alleles are present but hidden (
only one copy of Ay).
Testing for this mutation along with Ay and recessive black (a) also allows for the identification of aw alleles in those breeds where it is present.In breeds where
only the Ay and at alleles are present, the Ay test can be used to see if the fawn /
sable dog is Ay / Ay (homozygous) or
only has one Ay (heterozygous).