Equine Color Genetics

The 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.

• Preface to the Fourth Edition xi1 Introduction 72 Basic Dark Horse Colors: Bay, Chestnut, Black, and Brown 233 Modifications Affecting Most Colors 394 Dilutions of the Basic Dark Colors 7S5 Overview of the Genetic Control of Horse Color 1316 Patterns with Individually Distributed White Hairs 1377 Nonsymmetric Patches of White: White Marks, Paints, and Pintos 1658 Patterns with Symmetric White Patches: The Leopard Complex 211Rebecca Bellone, Sheila Archer, and D. Phillip Sponenberg9 Overview of Patterns Adding White 23910 Horse Color and Horse Breeding 24311 Peculiarities of Hair Growth 24712 Donkey Color 2S113 Summary Tables 279Bibliography 323Index 335