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Originally Posted by goldenray Thank you first off. I have not personally ever bred a red leg so have not bothered with any genetic study, nor has the geneticists done a study.
But to quote Joan Gordon on a conversation many years ago (probably 20 LOL) when I was talking to her about breeding to one of her wire coated boys.
"You need to know you will most likely get atleast one black wire puppy." I laughed told her no thanks because that probably would be my most gorgeous one otherwise. LOL
In genetics we also play with plus and minus modifiers as well as a host of other things, so everything is not always simple recessives. No question that a black dog does not carry the graying gene so can not pass it, so all children would pick up the gene genetically, even if blue from the other parent. The coat texture can be quite another story with those modifiers in there as well as other genes affecting other genes. |
Cher doesnt it all depend on the pedigree of the black whether or not he may be carrying the gray modifier?