Post by Haley on Jan 12, 2010 15:42:16 GMT -6
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Dun: Like the cream gene, the dun gene is also a dilution gene, but it is a complete dominant rather than an incomplete one, meaning heterozygous (Dd) and homozygous (DD) duns look the same. It is often considered a "primitive" color because most very ancient breeds are predominantly or entirely dun, i.e. Przewalskis, Tarpans, etc. Duns are characterized by certain markings known as dun factors. They usually consist of a distinct dorsal (or eel) stripe down the back, leg barring (or zebra stripes), and cobwebbing on the face. As with the cream gene, the dun gene only dilutes the body color, not the points. The dun can affect all colors. For example, you could have a blue roan dun, sable ivory champagne dun, or a dunalino (palomino dun).
Red Dun: Chestnut + Dun
The chestnut color is diluted to a sandy color, but the mane, tail, and points remain chestnut. The dun factors tend to be the same reddish brown color as the points.
Bay Dun: Bay + Dun
The body color is diluted to a sandy color, but the points remain dark. This mustang shows another typical characteristic of duns---the light colored hairs on top of the mane and at the dock of the tail.
Black Dun: Black + Dun
This color is also called grulla, slate dun, or mouse dun. Once again, the points remain dark while the body color is lightened.
Dunalino: Chestnut + Cream + Dun
This is a palomino dun. The points are dark and the body is lightened.
Dunskin: Bay + Cream + Dun
This is a dunskin, a buckskin and dun put together. Buckskins and duns are very different from each other.
Dun: Like the cream gene, the dun gene is also a dilution gene, but it is a complete dominant rather than an incomplete one, meaning heterozygous (Dd) and homozygous (DD) duns look the same. It is often considered a "primitive" color because most very ancient breeds are predominantly or entirely dun, i.e. Przewalskis, Tarpans, etc. Duns are characterized by certain markings known as dun factors. They usually consist of a distinct dorsal (or eel) stripe down the back, leg barring (or zebra stripes), and cobwebbing on the face. As with the cream gene, the dun gene only dilutes the body color, not the points. The dun can affect all colors. For example, you could have a blue roan dun, sable ivory champagne dun, or a dunalino (palomino dun).
Red Dun: Chestnut + Dun
The chestnut color is diluted to a sandy color, but the mane, tail, and points remain chestnut. The dun factors tend to be the same reddish brown color as the points.
Bay Dun: Bay + Dun
The body color is diluted to a sandy color, but the points remain dark. This mustang shows another typical characteristic of duns---the light colored hairs on top of the mane and at the dock of the tail.
Black Dun: Black + Dun
This color is also called grulla, slate dun, or mouse dun. Once again, the points remain dark while the body color is lightened.
Dunalino: Chestnut + Cream + Dun
This is a palomino dun. The points are dark and the body is lightened.
Dunskin: Bay + Cream + Dun
This is a dunskin, a buckskin and dun put together. Buckskins and duns are very different from each other.