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Dominant Black - KB
Self
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Irish Marked
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Spotted
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Brindle - Kbr
While brindle is written as “Kbr” genetic tests will always show brindle dogs as KB/ky — this is because brindle is a duplication of dominant black and wild type. If it duplicates twice, then the dog will be homozygous for brindle. Unfortunately if a dog is dominant black, carrying brindle, a genetic test will still show KB/ky, and you can only know for sure if they carry brindle based on their pedigree, and what puppies they produce.
Self
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Irish Marked
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Spotted Brindle
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Wild Type - ky
Wild type essentially means not dominant black and not brindle. There isn’t a specific phenotype for ky/ky dogs— this depends on what their genotype on the other color loci is.
Grizzle Variants of Dominant Black
Silver: Dominant black and grizzle with sable (the Ay allele)
Self Silver
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Irish Marked Silver
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Spotted Silver
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Black and Silver: Dominant black and grizzle with black and tan (at/at)
Self Black and Silver
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Irish Marked Black and Silver
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Spotted Black and Silver
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Silver Brindle: Brindle and grizzle with sable (the Ay allele)
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Self Silver Brindle
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Irish Marked Silver Brindle
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Spotted Silver Brindle
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