EQUINE COLOR GENETICS, 4TH EDITION

1 Introduction 1
2 Basic Dark Horse Colors: Bay, Chestnut, Black, and Brown 23
3 Modi?cations Affecting Most Colors 39
4 Dilutions of the Basic Dark Colors 75
5 Overview of the Genetic Control of Horse Color 131
6 Patterns with Individually Distributed White Hairs 137
7 Nonsymmetric Patches of White: White Marks, Paints, and Pintos 165
8 Patterns with Symmetric White Patches: The Leopard Complex 211
Rebecca Bellone, Sheila Archer, and D. Phillip Sponenberg
9 Overview of Patterns Adding White 239
10 Horse Color and Horse Breeding 243
11 Peculiarities of Hair Growth 247
12 Donkey Color 251
13 Summary Tables 279

Equine Color Genetics, Fourth Edition presents a detailed examination of the color variation in horses and donkeys and the genetic mechanisms that produce color variations.
• Thoroughly covers the basic colors in horses, including bay, chestnut, black, and brown
• Details the genetic basis of the colors built from the basic coat color, including dilutions and white patterning
• Provides an explanation of genetic mechanisms that determine coat color
• Presents a thorough revision and update, including new advances in molecular genetics, biochemistry, molecular mechanisms, genetic loci, coat colors before domestication, and more
• Offers a new introduction describing the principles of genetics and genomics research to help outline how knowledge is discovered and to assist the reader in understanding concepts covered in the book

Authors
• D. Phillip Sponenberg, DVM, PhD, is Professor of Pathology and Genetics in the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine in Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.
• Rebecca Bellone, PhD, is Associate Adjunct Professor in the Veterinary Genetics Laboratory and Department of Population Health and Reproduction at the University of California-Davis in Davis, California, USA.