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<blockquote data-quote="randiliana" data-source="post: 730713" data-attributes="member: 2308"><p>OK, HD, here you go. Probably more than you were wondering.</p><p></p><p>First off you have 3 basic coat colors, <strong>Black </strong>which is dominant to <strong><span style="color: #800000">Wild </span></strong>which is dominant to <strong><span style="color: #BF0000">Red</span></strong></p><p></p><p>Now all the other colors result from various genes that affect how the base color looks.</p><p></p><p>There's the various dilutors, which makes black grey and red tan. Some are dominant (Char and Simm/GV) and some are recessive (Limo). Some only affect red and not black (Chianina or Brahman)</p><p></p><p>There is the <strong>recessive</strong> spotting gene which shows up ONLY when an animal is homo and gives you spots like holstiens, Simmental and Shorthorn. Which can be anything from really colored right down to only a little white on the belly or face.</p><p></p><p><strong>They believe that there are other spotting genes out there too, which put white on the belly, because Black Angus can sometimes have white bellies, even though you don't ever (or at least almost never) see a Black Angus calf come out spotted up like a Shorthorn.</strong></p><p></p><p>There's roan which is roan when its Hetero and White when Homo. This one is called incompletely or co dominant</p><p></p><p>There's the Hereford spotting gene which when homo gives you the traditional Hereford look and when hetero gives you the baldy look. And brockle faces really are baldies, just with an added gene. Another one that is incompletely or co-dominant.</p><p></p><p>There's color sided, which is what makes Pinzgauer look like they do, and is also seen in Longhorns. Dominant.</p><p></p><p>There's the White Park color which when homo is a mostly white animal with colored feet and ears and when hetero looks similar to color sided. Galloway have this one too. Incompletely dominant.</p><p></p><p>There's the belt which gives you belted Galloways, and a couple other breeds. Dominant</p><p></p><p>There is Brindle, which gives you tigerstripes. Seen when you cross a red animal with a wild colored animal sometimes, say Jersey or Brahman with Hereford. This is Dominant.</p><p></p><p>There's the brockle gene which gives you spots of dark color in white areas, such as brockle faces and also the mottled leg look. Dominant</p><p></p><p>There's the blaze gene which works WITH the recessive spotting gene. This is the one that makes Simmentals look like Herefords if they have both genes. Or gives the Blaze faces you get when you cross Simmental with Angus. Dominant.</p><p></p><p>Every one of these genes is a mutation. The original color would have been similar to Tarentais or possibly buffalo. A brownish color.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="randiliana, post: 730713, member: 2308"] OK, HD, here you go. Probably more than you were wondering. First off you have 3 basic coat colors, [b]Black [/b]which is dominant to [b][color=#800000]Wild [/color][/b]which is dominant to [b][color=#BF0000]Red[/color][/b] Now all the other colors result from various genes that affect how the base color looks. There's the various dilutors, which makes black grey and red tan. Some are dominant (Char and Simm/GV) and some are recessive (Limo). Some only affect red and not black (Chianina or Brahman) There is the [b]recessive[/b] spotting gene which shows up ONLY when an animal is homo and gives you spots like holstiens, Simmental and Shorthorn. Which can be anything from really colored right down to only a little white on the belly or face. [b]They believe that there are other spotting genes out there too, which put white on the belly, because Black Angus can sometimes have white bellies, even though you don't ever (or at least almost never) see a Black Angus calf come out spotted up like a Shorthorn.[/b] There's roan which is roan when its Hetero and White when Homo. This one is called incompletely or co dominant There's the Hereford spotting gene which when homo gives you the traditional Hereford look and when hetero gives you the baldy look. And brockle faces really are baldies, just with an added gene. Another one that is incompletely or co-dominant. There's color sided, which is what makes Pinzgauer look like they do, and is also seen in Longhorns. Dominant. There's the White Park color which when homo is a mostly white animal with colored feet and ears and when hetero looks similar to color sided. Galloway have this one too. Incompletely dominant. There's the belt which gives you belted Galloways, and a couple other breeds. Dominant There is Brindle, which gives you tigerstripes. Seen when you cross a red animal with a wild colored animal sometimes, say Jersey or Brahman with Hereford. This is Dominant. There's the brockle gene which gives you spots of dark color in white areas, such as brockle faces and also the mottled leg look. Dominant There's the blaze gene which works WITH the recessive spotting gene. This is the one that makes Simmentals look like Herefords if they have both genes. Or gives the Blaze faces you get when you cross Simmental with Angus. Dominant. Every one of these genes is a mutation. The original color would have been similar to Tarentais or possibly buffalo. A brownish color. [/QUOTE]
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