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Season: Summer Year: One
Major Weather: The summer is starting to show signs of being one of the worst yet, with temperatures already climbing and the water beginning to dry up in the furthest reaches of the South.
Works on a black base. Does not show on chestnut, so it's hidden.
♦ Bay: A_ (least dominant) ♦ Seal Brown/Bay: At_ ♦ Wild Bay: A+_ (most dominant) ♦ No Bay: aa
♦ Examples: Chestnut (ee/AtA) Chestnut (ee/Aa) Wild Bay (Ee/A+A)
dilutions/modifiers
Similar to the agouti genes, dilution genes act on the base colors (including bay). They change the base color, and give you a different color based on which base they are working on! They can also compound on each other, at which point things get a bit complicated (but fun!). Incomplete dominance means the gene acts differently with one dilute present than it does with two. "n" here denounces no copy.
♦ Dun: D_ (dominant) ♦ Red Dun: D_/ee ♦ Grullo: D_/E_/aa ♦ Brown Dun: D_/E_/At_ ♦ Dun (Classic): D_/E_/A_
Now, this one gets a bit complicated, so bear with me! It also acts in conjunction with Cream. There is still a lot of research that needs to be done on the pearl gene.
♦ Pearl: PrlPrl (recessive) ♦ No effect: nPrl ♦ Apricot: PrlPrl/ee ♦ Pearl (Classic): PrlPrl/E_/aa ♦ Pearl (Lighter?): PrlPrl/E_/A_ ♦ Pseudo Cremello: PrlPrl/nCr/ee ♦ Pseudo Perlino: PrlPrl/nCr/E_/A_
♦ Silver: Z_ (Dominant, works on black) ♦ No effect: Z_/ee ♦ Silver Dapple: Z_/E_/aa ♦ Brown Silver Dapple: Z_/E_/At_ ♦ Bay Silver Dapple: Z_/E_/A_
I don't know if this next one is technically a dilution, but probably?
♦ Flaxen: ff (recessive, acts on chestnut) ♦ No effect: ff/E_ ♦ Flaxen Chestnut: ff/ee
Sooty isn't incredibly well understood, but we're going to treat it as a simple dominant gene with variable expression.
♦ Sooty: Sty_ (dominant)
patterns
Dominant white is homozygous lethal in some varieties, so we're going to run with that
Appaloosa genetics are some of the most complicated that breeders have to work with - there's just so much that goes into them, including sex link! We're going to go a bit simpler than the most recent research and not link it to sex.
♦ Leopard Complex/Varnish Roan: Lp_ (incomplete) - required for any other pattern to show! ♦ Varnish Roan (less white): nLp ♦ Varnish Roan (more white): LpLp
♦ PATN1: PATN1_ (dominant, also dominant to PATN2) ♦ Leopard Appaloosa: PATN1_/nLp ♦ Fewspot Appaloosa: PATN1_/LpLp
Rabicano is poorly understood overall, but this is how we're going to do it.
♦ Rabicano: Rb_ (dominant)
♦ Roan: Rn_ (dominant)
♦ Pangare: P_ (incomplete) ♦ Tan Points: Pp (mild pangare) ♦ White Points: PP (lighter pangare coloring, ie Belgians)
depigmentation
♦ Grey: G_ (dominant)
other markings
These markings/colors are not understood and the method of inheritance is not typical. If you want to use these colors or pass them down to a foal, they have to be bought from the store.
Since donkeys have less genes overall to look at, I'm grouping them here. Please note that as far as I can tell, donkey genetics are fairly poorly understood, so I took some liberties as far as dominance. If you find an error, please link Kenren to a website with information to fix it!
Base Color ♦ Black: E_ (dominant) ♦ Red: ee ♦ Bay: A_
♦ Ivory: ii (recessive) ♦ No effect: Ii or II ♦ Slightly darker on black base, average on red base, palest on dun base
