Dear Susan, If the ruby is a dominant wholecolor, you could have rubies & B&T's. If the Tri is a dominant Tri, you will only have B&T's or if the ruby is carrying for parti, you can have B&T's & Tri's . If neither is dominant, and the ruby is carrying for parti, you can have all four colors. Sharon Gamboni Taron Cavaliers Pennsylvania, USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Jackson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 12:55 PM Subject: [CKCS-L] Genetics of Coat Color in CKCS
> Hi List, > > I couldn't sleep last night so I got up and spent an hour or so reading > Clarence Little's "The Inheritance of Coat Color in Dogs," trying to > understand the genetics of Cavalier coat colors. I then spent another hour > or so creating a chart and came up with the conclusions listed below. If > any of you are interested in proofing my chart before I put it on my web > site (and, possibly, make a complete fool of myself for overlooking the > obvious) or have had experiences contrary to my conclusions, or know of a > chart already out there, please let me know. > > Conclusions based on the following simplified information: > > B&T = aaEESS; Tri = aaEEss; Ruby = aaeeSS; Blenheim = aaeess > Where a = tan points; E = formation of dark (black or brown over whole > coat); e = no dark pigment, leaving a clear and evenly distributed shade of > red or orange; S = Solid coat color; s = piebald spotting > > 1. Black is dominant over ruby and blenheim > 2. Solid colors are dominant over broken (piebald) colors. > 3. In order to increase the chances of producing Tri-Color, breed Tri to > Tri, Tri to Blenheim or Tri to a B&T that is out of a Tri/B&T mating. > 4. B&T's are dominant over all other colors. Which makes it a easy color > to lose if you don't keep breeding them. > 5. Blenheims are recessive to all other colors. Therefore are the most > common, as almost every dog carries the recessive for blenheim. > 6. Ruby to ruby or to blenheim will produce ruby. > > Now, for those who haven't already gone to sleep, the question I have > difficulty answering is: What do you get when breeding a pure Ruby to a > pure Tri? A very dark ruby? Any answers, genetically or practically > speaking? > > Susan Jackson > Ch Reward's Ropin' the Wind (Windy, 10 yrs young Boxer) > Allegria Gambler's Reward (Keno, 4 mo old Cavalier) > Sylmar, CA > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > ========================================================= > "Magic Commands": > to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL > to start it up gain click here: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. > Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > > All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 1999 by its original author. > ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 1999 by its original author.
