SPUNKY WORLD

genome includes: Bb, Dd, Ee, Ff, G, Hh, Ii, Kk, L, Mm, Nn, Oo, P, Qq, R, Tt, Ww, Yy

 

genes responsible for color:

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genes responsible for coat color:

 

 

L=blue, P=pink, R=brown, G=gray

 

coat color theory: quartal co-dominance of four genes, with gray being recessive

L=blue, P=pink, R=brown, G=gray
 

example - green L+L+R+R  +  purple L+L+P+P = 

L+L+L+L blue
L+L+L+P blue
L+L+L+R blue
L+L+R+P blue
R+R+L+P brown
P+P+L+R pink
L+L+P+P purple
L+L+R+R green
R+R+P+P orange

 

 

blue genotypes:
L+L+L+L = blue
L+L+L+R = blue
L+L+L+P = blue

L+L+L+G = blue
L+L+P+R = blue

L+L+P+G = blue
L+L+R+G = blue

L+L+G+G = blue
 

pink genotypes:
P+P+P+P = pink
P+P+P+L = pink
P+P+P+R = pink
P+P+P+G = pink
P+P+L+R = pink
P+P+R+G = pink
P+P+L+G = pink

P+P+G+G = pink

 

brown genotypes:
R+R+R+R = brown
R+R+R+L = brown
R+R+R+P = brown

R+R+R+G = brown
R+R+L+P = brown

R+R+L+G = brown
R+R+P+G = brown

R+R+G+G = brown
 

purple genotypes:
L+L+P+P = purple
L+P+G+G = purple

 

green genotypes:
L+L+R+R = green

L+R+G+G = green

 

orange genotypes:
R+R+P+P = orange
R+P+G+G = gray

 

gray genotypes:
G+G+G+G = gray
G+G+G+L = gray
G+G+G+P = gray
G+G+G+R = gray

G+L+P+R = gray

(mutation) L+P+R = gray

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genes responsible for coat color modifications:
 

Dd = dark phase genes, Mm = Dalmatian genes, Ii = pale phase genes, Nn = Dalmatian ignores coat color genes, Kk = dark phase ignores coat color, Bb = brown-spot / white-spot genes: secondary coat color ignores R gene, Ff = pastel spot gene: brown-spot gene ignores coat color

dark phase is recessive and affects L, P, and R genes; also affects G gene when K gene is present; causes secondary coat color to become the primary coat color, and the primary coat color to be deeper, e.g. P+P+P+P+d+d will show magenta with pink spots versus pink with white spots

Dalmatian gene is recessive and affects G gene; also affects L, P, and R genes when N gene is present; causes weight of coloring to be reversed with the spots a darker version of the dark phase color, e.g. G+G+G+G+m+m will show white with black spots versus gray with white spots

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pale phase gene is recessive

 

brown-spot / white-spot gene is recessive and affects R gene; causes secondary coat color to be white instead of light brown, e.g. R+R+R+R+b+b will show brown with white spots
 

pastel spot gene is recessive and affects L, P, and G genes; it has no affect on the R gene; causes secondary coat color to be pastel primary coat color, as in the brown spunky with light brown spots

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nota bene:

the secondary coat color of a brown spunky who does not display the phenotype for both recessive white-spot genes will have light brown spots

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genes responsible for nose color:

 

Oo = warm nose color / cool nose color gene, Qq = dark nose color gene

nose color gene is recessive and causes the nose color to show medium gray instead of brown, or brown instead of medium gray

 

dark nose color gene is recessive and affects L and P genes, and LR, LP, and RP phenotypes; it has no affect on the R or G gene; causes the nose color to show medium shade of coat color instead of brown, e.g. L+L+L+L+q+q will show blue coat with medium blue nose

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nota bene:

 

the nose color of a gray spunky who does not display the phenotype for Dalmatian gene or dark phase gene will have a medium gray nose instead of a dark brown one

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genes responsible for body proportions:

 

 

Tt = long-neck gene, Hh = long-leg gene, Ww = long-body gene, Yy = long-tail gene, Ee = flying spunky gene

 

long-neck gene is recessive; t+t+t+t needed for long neck to be present

 

long-leg gene is recessive; h+h+h+h needed for long legs to be present

 

long-body gene is recessive; w+w+w+w needed for long body to be present

 

long-tail gene is recessive; y+y+y+y needed for long tail to be present

flying spunky gene is recessive; e+e+e+e needed for patagium to be present

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coat color genes: AAAA (four slots)

coat color modification genes: AA (two slots)

nose color genes: AA (two slots)

body proportions genes: AAAA (four slots)

sex chromosome system: XY, XX (male, female)

mutations: L+P+R (three instead of four coat color genes; gray)