MOST TYPICAL SALUKI COLOUR GENES PRESENT WITH OUR SALUKIS
| Color Distribution Genes |
Saara |
Roosa |
Malcolm |
Konrad |
Millie |
Toto |
Alice |
| S - Self colour, full pigmentation - little or no white on the dog |
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| si - Irish spotting - 5% to 30% white |
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| sp - Piebald spotting - 20% to 80% white |
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| sw - Extreme white piebald - white all over except for ears |
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| Colour Distribution Genes |
Saara |
Roosa |
Malcolm |
Konrad |
Millie |
Toto |
Alice |
| A - black |
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| ay - red |
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| at - bi-colour (tan points) |
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| T - ticking |
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| t - no ticking |
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| Colour Expression Genes |
Saara |
Roosa |
Malcolm |
Konrad |
Millie |
Toto |
Alice |
| Em - black mask |
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| E - allows black if present due to other genes |
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| e - prevents black appearing anywhere in the coat |
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| Colour Dilution Genes |
Saara |
Roosa |
Malcolm |
Konrad |
Millie |
Toto |
Alice |
| B - black (no dilution) |
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| b - brown |
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| C - full pigmentation |
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| cch - chinchilla dilution |
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| cd - extreme dilution |
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| Gz - normal coat |
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| gz - grizzle |
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| D - black (no dilution) |
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| d - blue (all black is diluted to blue) |
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f=father, m=mother, s=litter mate, m-m=grandmother, x2=double gene, ?=most propable colour gene