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Cr/Prl

Ok, question.. I know the theory is that cream and pearl are on the same locus. So no prl/prl and cream together. And they'll only pass one or the other. Now... if a horse is Cr/Prl, does this make them like a double dilute in the sense that they will always pass at least one on? Like, the foal is guaranteed to have cream or pearl? For instance, I posted our dunskin pearl filly the other day. If we breed her to a non cream/pearl is the foal guaranteed to be either a pearl carrier or cream? I hope this makes sense... lol

RiddleMeThis Sat, 04/28/2012 - 22:38

[quote=TheSwingHorse]Ok, question..

I know the theory is that cream and pearl are on the same locus. So no prl/prl and cream together.[/quote] For all intents and purposes this is correct. [quote]And they'll only pass one or the other. Now... if a horse is Cr/Prl, does this make them like a double dilute in the sense that they will always pass at least one on? Like, the foal is guaranteed to have cream or pearl?

For instance, I posted our dunskin pearl filly the other day. If we breed her to a non cream/pearl is the foal guaranteed to be either a pearl carrier or cream? I hope this makes sense... lol[/quote]
Yep!

RiddleMeThis Sat, 04/28/2012 - 22:38

[quote=TheSwingHorse]Ok, question..

I know the theory is that cream and pearl are on the same locus. So no prl/prl and cream together.[/quote] For all intents and purposes this is correct. [quote]And they'll only pass one or the other. Now... if a horse is Cr/Prl, does this make them like a double dilute in the sense that they will always pass at least one on? Like, the foal is guaranteed to have cream or pearl?

For instance, I posted our dunskin pearl filly the other day. If we breed her to a non cream/pearl is the foal guaranteed to be either a pearl carrier or cream? I hope this makes sense... lol[/quote]
Yep!

TheSwingHorse Sun, 04/29/2012 - 12:29

Yea, exactly. The plan is to breed her to a DD so we can see the pearl IF the pearl passes on. But just wasn't sure how it worked. :) Thanks for explaining!