Golden Retriever Coat Color Genetics

The basics of dog genetics.

Golden retriever coat color genetics.

There are two pairs of genes that determine the basic coat colors in dogs such as poodles labrador retrievers golden retrievers and doodles. Basic coat color genes. Despite these dogs having 5 colors not all are officially recognized as a standard color by the american kennel club. B is the dominant black gene.

If it is not b then it is b the recessive brown gene. Golden retrievers are all bb black pigment their red yellow colour results from the recessive gene pair ee at site e. As a matter of fact just the golden light golden and dark golden are official colors. Cream dark golden light golden red and of course the classic gold.

The outer ring of the color buttons shows the visible coat color with the small upper right circle showing the nose color black or liver. Yellow yellow is on an entirely different spot on the chromosome so is independent of black chocolate status. If you breed a chocolate lab which is e e and b b to a golden retriever which is e e and b b which is what the vast majority of goldens are the puppies will be e e and b b. To learn more just click any of the coat color or trait names below.

Paw print genetics offers testing for common coat colors and traits. But add in two more genes that determine the unrecognized labrador breed colors and you ve spun a web of possibilities. Let s break down these gorgeous color coats of the golden retriever. All golden retriever colors.

Some genes have more than one mutation such as those genes involved in agouti and determining a brown coat color. Pedersen and staff has developed a panel of short tandem repeat str markers that will determine genetic diversity across the genome and in the dog leukocyte antigen dla class i and ii regions. Genetic diversity testing for golden retrievers overview the veterinary genetics laboratory vgl in collaboration with dr. Genetics can be a tricky concept to grasp.

Golden retriever colors include. The tests for those variants have been combined for simplicity in ordering. The inner rings show the hidden color genes carried by the dog. Entries in the table show the probabilities of producing various coat colors within a litter.