Aidey
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Post by Aidey on Jan 12, 2011 22:02:45 GMT
Ive been doing some research on my chestnut mare and gone back as far as i can go really (upto horses that should be about 70!) and all of them are either bay/dark bay/brown ..
how is my mare chestnut or is that not as uncommon as i think?
hmm...
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sarahp
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Post by sarahp on Jan 12, 2011 22:06:23 GMT
Chestnut is a recessive gene, so to actually be chestnut a horse has to have two chestnut genes, one inherited from each parent. As it is recessive it can be carried, and commonly is, by bays, and mating two bays that each carry a chestnut gene will result in one in four of their foals being a chestnut.
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Post by Aidey on Jan 12, 2011 22:16:19 GMT
Ahh, didnt know that! Thanks  |
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