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A vs. a(y) vs. a(t) vs. a(w)
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| A is a black dog. a(y) is a sable dog (sable is red with black tips). a(t) is a black and tan dog, in either Rottweiler or Airedale pattern. a(w) is wolf sable (salt & pepper). Black is completely dominant to all other colors. Sable is co-dominant with black/tan, meaning at an a(t)a(y) will be a "mahogany sable" or tri-factored sable. a(w) is completely recessive to all other colors.
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| B vs. b
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| "B" is black and "b" is brown. Black is completely dominant over brown.
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| C vs. c
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| "C" is normal expression of color, while "c" dilutes it greatly. cc's are Albino.
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| D vs. d
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| D is non-dilute, while d is diluted. a dd black is called a blue (grey in Newfoundlands), and a dd chocolate is called a silver. dd also (for the purposes of AG) dilutes Red or Orange to Cream or Buff.
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| E vs. e(br) vs. e(m) vs. e
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| "E" is normal colored as dictated by the A and B locis, e(br) is brindle, e(m) is masked, and e is fawn/red/orange/golden/etc. E is completely dominant over all other markings (for the purposes of AG). e(br) is co-dominant, meaning an e(br)e will be lightly brindled, while an e(br)e(br) will be heavily brindled. e(m) and e(br) will produce a brindle with a mask.
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| M vs. m
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| M is merle, while m is non-merle. Merle is co-dominant, meaning that an Mm will be darker colored than an MM. Merle is also a lethal gene, meaning that an MM dog is likely to be blind, deaf, or not born at all.
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| R vs. r
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| R is roan, while r is non-roan. This causes speckling throughout the white parts of a dog. Thus, to show the roan gene, the dog must also be piebald, white, or irish marked.
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| S vs. s(i) vs. s(p) vs. s(w)
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| S is solid (no white). s(i) is Irish marked, as seen in Lassie. s(p) is piebald, meaning that the dog has much more white than an irish, but has significant patches of color on the body. s(w) is a white headed or solid white dog. While boxers have irish markings, they are in fact Ss(w).
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| T vs. t
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| Ticking is dominant over non-ticking. Ticking on a dog is not present at birth, and generally grows in over the first few months of the dog's life. (Dalmatians, for example).
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