You got Apollo out of a B&T Dam with lots of Blacks and B&T's behind her? What color was his father?Its the Coefficient of Inbreeding. The higher the number the more closely related the parents were. By itself it doesn't mean much. A really high CoI would mean the dog has alot of common ancestors, not nessecarily the end of the world, but it means that if there IS any genetic health problems in the line your dog's chances of getting them are greatly increased. However a really LOW CoI doesn't remove the risk either. You also have to look at how its calculated, for example: THIS is my Apollo's mother. At first glance she appears to have a CoI of 0%. Sweet right? Except that since the CoI is calculated by the pedigree software, and some of her ancestors weren't entered properly, that 0 may not mean much. I suspect its pretty close to correct, cause I know her owners were working on imported dogs, but since they didn't get entered right there's no guarantee.
Man Genetics are Whack a doodle! Out of all the sires and Damn there is maybe 3 reds lol.
Really? The Fawn is Dominant? Well I guess that makes sense. I believe Tosa's are the same which is why the Black is rare..... On a side note the Black TM kind of remind me of a Newfoundlander. Okay I am done Hijacking the thread. I apologiseGold (fawn genetically) is dominent over B&T, which in turn is dominent over recessive solid black (there's a dominent solid black too, different gene set though).
Really? The Fawn is Dominant? Well I guess that makes sense. I believe Tosa's are the same which is why the Black is rare..... On a side note the Black TM kind of remind me of a Newfoundlander. Okay I am done Hijacking the thread. I apologise
No different than in Labs how there is yellow, red and white but they are all variations within the Yellow coat. Red being Intense, yellow being normal and than White being faded..Fawn is dominent. Mind, they don't, yet, understand what causes the shade variations between the differing fawns. So you get Apollo, who appears to be a fairly rich red-gold, and his brother Aslan who's a fairly pale gold, and their sister Anna Sunshine who's REALLY pale gold, but they're all fawn.....
No different than in Labs how there is yellow, red and white but they are all variations within the Yellow coat. Red being Intense, yellow being normal and than White being faded..
On another forum I learned that Lab's used to have what is called a Hailstone/Snowflake color which was a base of black or chocolate with White specks through out the coat almost like a reverse Liver tick but less ticking. As well as their is a genetic mutation color that is called mosaic. The dog can have a solid base color of say Yellow and than all of a sudden one body part is solid black. They think it is due to an embryo splitting to make twins but than one dies and the remaining fetus absorbs the dying one which causes a color variation....its confusing but looks really freaking awesome!I believe (but can't swear to it) that with labs and goldens it at least partially has to do with their skin color, but have to admit that I've not looked closely. I do know that both labs and goldens frequently carry brindle and its actually really common for a golden cross litter to produce brindle pups. Which I think is just cool (but don't even come close to understanding the genetics of it).
Its the Coefficient of Inbreeding. The higher the number the more closely related the parents were. By itself it doesn't mean much. A really high CoI would mean the dog has alot of common ancestors, not nessecarily the end of the world, but it means that if there IS any genetic health problems in the line your dog's chances of getting them are greatly increased. However a really LOW CoI doesn't remove the risk either. You also have to look at how its calculated, for example: THIS is my Apollo's mother. At first glance she appears to have a CoI of 0%. Sweet right? Except that since the CoI is calculated by the pedigree software, and some of her ancestors weren't entered properly, that 0 may not mean much. I suspect its pretty close to correct, cause I know her owners were working on imported dogs, but since they didn't get entered right there's no guarantee.