The Color White as a Pattern
controlled by the S Loci and their alleles
The following pages will show approximatley
the amount of white that can be expected if your dog carries a particular
(S) gene.
(S) Solid in color showing no white or only
a small spot of white on the chest, blaze or toes
(Si) Irish Spotting/Tuxedo - Showing white
on the chest, leg boots, toes, blaze or tip of the tail. Amount of white
can vary and may not appear in all the above areas.
(Sp) Piebald - Appears as circles or patches of color on a white
background. The patches are variable and more or less can appear all over
the dogs coat. Sometimes the patches of color connect leaving a large saddle
pattern on the dog.
(Sw) This gene will turn the dog a solid white
color but will sometimes leave some color on the ears, tail, eyes or top
of the head.
How White Genes Combine
Example
The following section will give examples of how a dog will look
if crossed with a dog that has two different alleles at the (S) Loci.
(S) Crossed to any (S Series) gene si, sp
or sw will produce a solid colored dog that does not have any white on
the coat. The (S) gene does not let any white color to develop on the dogs
coat. Sometimes there is a small spot of white color that will appear on
the dogs chest.
Shown below is the (si) gene which produces varying degrees of white
on the coat but never allows the color to break up into the piebald (sp)
pattern. These patterns may include a white chest, blaze, collar, boots
or socks and tip of tail.
(Si) crossed to (Si)
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(Si) crossed to (sp)
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(Si) crossed to (sw)
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The sp gene (piebald) also shows itself in varying degrees but breaks
up the color into patches of designs on the dogs coat. A piebald
dog can be from almost solid white with color only on its head and near
the rear to a completely broken up fancy pattern all over.
(sp) crossed to (sp)
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(sp) crossed to (sw)
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