COLOR GENOTYPE DISCUSSION
Conclusion
Possible Color Genotypes/Black & Black-to-Grey
Possible Color Genotypes/Bay & Bay-to-Grey
Possible Color Genotypes/Chestnut & Chestnut-to-Grey
Glossary of Terms Conclusion
Color genotyping is a part of the science studying heredity and often full of unknowns. New discoveries are being made every day, and there are new facts coming forward all of the time. Rather exciting!!
Within the Sahanad Preservation group, the dominant Extension allele (E) is fairly common and the dominant silvering allele (G) and the dominant Agouti allele (A) are fairly rare. This accounts for the high percentage of black horses along with the very low percentages of bay, chestnut, and grey horses within this group. It is having these percentages, along with the DNA tests for color, that make it fairly easy to calculate the possible color genotypes for this group.
REMEMBER that color is NOT the most improtant reason for any breeding. BREEDING FOR A HORSE WITH GOOD CONFORMATION AND A GREAT PERSONALITY SHOULD ALWAYS WIN OUT OVER BREEDING FOR COLOR! We are truly blessed in the Sahanad Preservation group to have both conformation and personality PLUS a choice to breed for color!