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jmvdwiel · 09-06-2011, 00:47

Coat color is an interesting subject, and what I did understand not an easy thing to understand.

There are different genes for coat color and patern, and the mixing of these things do make the color of the coat we actually see on our dog.

There is a gen for the coat color in GSD it is B (black) en b (brown)
B is dominat over b
BB is black
Bb is black
bb is brown

Then there is a patern of the coat, wolfgrey and sable are coat paterns.
This means those genes wil tell where the black/brown color is showing on our dog and that on some parts of the dog the black is not visible.

Then there is a dilution gen......
When you coat color is black geneticly it wil show on the dog as a blue color.
When your coat color is brown geneticly it wil show on the dog as a lighter version liver?

Maybe someone here can tell us more about this thing coat color, as i find it very hard stuff to deal with. And there can always be a spontanious mutation of a gen...... like the Panda german shepherd.

09-06-2011, 00:47	#111
jmvdwiel Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,061	Coat color is an interesting subject, and what I did understand not an easy thing to understand. There are different genes for coat color and patern, and the mixing of these things do make the color of the coat we actually see on our dog. There is a gen for the coat color in GSD it is B (black) en b (brown) B is dominat over b BB is black Bb is black bb is brown Then there is a patern of the coat, wolfgrey and sable are coat paterns. This means those genes wil tell where the black/brown color is showing on our dog and that on some parts of the dog the black is not visible. Then there is a dilution gen...... When you coat color is black geneticly it wil show on the dog as a blue color. When your coat color is brown geneticly it wil show on the dog as a lighter version liver? Maybe someone here can tell us more about this thing coat color, as i find it very hard stuff to deal with. And there can always be a spontanious mutation of a gen...... like the Panda german shepherd.