Comments on: An Introduction to Equine Color Genetics

By: Pascal Barabe

Pascal Barabe — Mon, 29 Apr 2019 14:54:49 +0000

What about brown? It is often mistaken for bay but I read somewhere that they are different colors. I’m also curious about smoky brown, which is often mistaken for buckskin.

By: May

May — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 17:42:24 +0000

?agouti?is?not?a?modifier?

But jokes aside, geneticists have classified Bay as a third base coat color, not a modifier.
This is good for a bare bones overview but there are many many more genes involved in equine color. Dun (which creates bay dun, red dun and grulla/black dun), pearl, and champagne to name a few. And there are many more pinto pattern genes (splash 1 & 2, all the W patterns,) and more mutations continue to be discovered even now! LP/ Leopard complex and PATN-1 (“appaloosa” spotting genes) were also left out but that’s understandable seeing as how complicated they can get.

By: Adelena

Adelena — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 06:36:50 +0000

What about a paint?

By: Jessica

Jessica — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 12:41:45 +0000

I was curious about the albino and grulla?

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 19:07:49 +0000

What about Dun and Grulla?

By: Shana

Shana — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 06:48:52 +0000

What if you just have a dark brown horse? Sort of like liver chestnut? Would that still qualify as Chestnut?

By: Gee and Haw

Gee and Haw — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 06:08:08 +0000

Good information, and makes me now looking for deeper facts.

By: judy

judy — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 06:02:19 +0000

If you have a chestnut & white tobiano pinto can you breed to a black & get a black & white pinto?

By: Galadriel

Galadriel — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 23:22:38 +0000

Well, that’s definitely over simplified but I’ll admit it’s fun.

By: PKL

PKL — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 17:10:29 +0000

Very interesting…still the paint or pinto, is the most confusing.