Base coat locus facts

All horse coat colors are either variants of the dominant Black (EE, Ee) or the recessive Chestnut (ee) base color. The dominant Black pigment is caused by production of the protein Eumelanin (yoo-MEL-a-nin). The recessive Chestnut color is caused by the pigment called Pheomelanin (fee-oh-MEL-a-nin). more

Also known as:

Extension locus,
E locus,
Black / Chestnut locus

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From the horses base

code:

dominant allele:

Black

recessive allele:

Chestnut

effect:

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Base coat locus

Also known as:

Facts from the Community

From the horses base

code:

dominant allele:

recessive allele:

effect:

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