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Comicos are Confirmed!

Hi all. I just received an email back from the owner of Comico IV (the older grayer brother). Apparently [u]both [/u]Comico IV and Comico VI have been tested and confirmed heterozygous gray! Here are the other links about this family since I feel bad raising the threads from the dead. Plus I don't know if I could pick which one to post in. O.o' http://equine.colorgenetics.info/content/weird-andalusians-whats-going-…; http://equine.colorgenetics.info/content/it-all-rabicano-or-he-going-gr…; http://equine.colorgenetics.info/content/remember-comico-vi
 Just an idea, but it seems that both stallions only sire "normal gray" offspring out of "normal gray" mares. While in Comico IV's case he has been proven to pass on gray in his one offspring Despina who don't appear gray and seems to have the same gray suppression he has. It appears that they haven't yet passed on gray without the suppressor. The 2 Comico's still don't have many foals on the ground, but it would be interesting if this pattern continues. If it does I think that the suppression trait may be linked to the gray gene they inherited from their sire Devoto II. I don't think Devoto II expressed this suppression because he is likely homozygous for gray (all grays 5 generations back) and this may have overridden the suppression effect. Here is a pictorial family tree for sanity's sake. http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/ab283/talkingmongo0se/ComicoFamilyTr…; Also, I personally suspect Despina is wild bay. She did test positive for 2 agouti alleles and only one is At (Brown)so At is being overridden by the other dominant agouti. She also has a chestnut parent (like all the other wild bay horses out there :P) who could have easily hidden wild bay and passed it onto her. Since her sire is a common bay he could have easily hidden and contributed the Brown (At) allele. Plus Despina's flaxen mane and tail can be explained by the fact that her dam is flaxen, so the genes for flaxen are present and likely allowed to express through the restricted black pigment in her mane and tail. Sorry for the rambling. What do you guys think?

FerrandosMom Sat, 12/07/2013 - 10:02

I will see what I have for good ones, and I will take some new ones asap(these are all from this summer).  He is 5, going on 6 now.  He doesn't seem to have any more white than he did but it will be interesting to see his summer coat.

 

 

ComicoVI Mon, 04/13/2015 - 21:36

Hi there! My name is Madeline. I bought Comico VI in November 2013. He is doing very well and will be 19yo this year. I just would like to say that he has a lot more gray than in photos I've seen of him when he was younger.

I also would like to say that I actually got to meet one of his foals, Despina, today. She is currently 6yo and doing well also. She is very much a flaxen chestnut color but has some of the "salt and pepper" look in the top of her mane like Comico has. The top of her tail also is lighter than the rest of her tail, so it makes me wonder if she has rabicano in her. Despina's owner actually does live in Australia but Despina is here in Florida, USA; originally for training. I know the owner of the barn that Despina is at so I'll be able to keep track of her as long as she remains there. It will be interesting to see if Despina will turn out as gray as Comico or not. 

I was told both Comico and Despina tested for bay but I can't say I know anything more than that.

Here is some photos of Comico and one of Despina - all taken this year :)