| OK Folks...I know that a lot of folks have wondered just WHAT color that boy REALLY is...so we sent off to UC Davis for testing, and the results are in!
Red-Factor Result: E/e - Both black and red factors detected. Either E or e transmitted to offspring. Basic color is black, bay or brown in the absence of other modifying genes.
Agouti Result: A/a - Black pigment distributed in points pattern. Basic color is bay or brown in the absence of other modifying genes.
Cream Result: N/Cr - Heterozygous, dilute, one copy of Cream gene. Typical colors are palomino, buckskin and smoky black in the absence of other modifying genes.
So what does this mean? Romeo is a buckskin (Bay base coat with cream dilution).
What does that mean his babies could be colored like? Here's a link to a pretty informative site for color factors:
http://www.doubledilute.com/color-chart.htm
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