Danny_57, 11/12/2008 15:14:
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A list of the different colour genes (alleles):
E E Extended black.
Turns the male duckwing into a crowwing, Male becomes a rusty black;
hen less rusty black.
E^R ER Birchen.
Turns the male duckwing into a crowwing but leaves hackle of male and female and male saddle neatly patterned in gold or silver groundcolor;
Black breast can be laced in gold or silver;
somewhat flattens red tints.
E^Wh EWh Wheaten.
Least permissive for black, most permissive for red.
Males wildtype without hackle black.
Females wheaten colored without salmon breast and almost no stippling on back.
e+ e+ Wildtype, bankiva.
Males black(breasted) with gold to silver duckwing (wing triangle), hackle, saddle, shoulders;
females gold or silver with salmon breast, black stippling on back and black tail.
e^b eb Partridge.
Males as wildtype/bankiva but somewhat heavier black striping in hackle (hackle black);
females as wildtype but without salmon breast.
Co Co Columbian.
Restricts black from body of males and females.
Supresses salmon breast rendering both sexes gold to silver with hackle pattern and black tails.
No such effect under birchen or extended black.
co+ co+ Non Columbian, recessive.
Db Db Dark brown, Name refers to chick down.
Columbian-like restrictor of black, Less powerful on hens (patterned back).
Co-causer of certain patterns, Acts even under birchen.
db+ db+ Non Dark brown, recessive.
Pg Pg Pattern gene.
Orders black pigment in hens to concentric lacing;
in males only with help of other genes.
pg+ pg+ Not laced, recessive.
Ml Ml Melanotic.
Enhances black (melanizer), Also shifts black pigment, Helps to form patterns.
Makes a rusty animal more black.
Not always behaving dominant.
ml+ ml+ Non Melanotic, recessive.
cha cha Charcoal.
Recessive black enhancer (melanizer), Less active in patterns.
Cha+ Cha+ Non Charcoal.
Dominant.
Mh Mh Mahogany.
Red enhancer and limited black restrictor.
mh+ mh+ Non Mahogany, recessive.
Di Di Dilute.
Dilutes red (and gold).
di+ di+ Non Dilute, recessive.
ig ig Inhibitor of Gold.
Recessive gold diluter, Gold to lemon.
Ig+ Ig+ Non Inhibitor of Gold.
Dominant.
Cb Cb Champagne Blond.
Dominant gold diluter.
cb+ cb+ Non Champagne, recessive.
S S Silver.
Sex-linked, Turns gold groundcolor to white, Incompletely dominant.
s+ s+ Non Silver, Gold.
Sex-linked, recessive.
S/s+ Ss+ Heterozygote Silver, males only, Groundcolor yellowish white (golden), Red shoulders not suppressed.
B B Barred.
Sex-linked, dominant.
B/B BB Purebreed cuckoo on males is lighter than single factor.
B/b+ Bb+ Dark cuckoo on males (heterozygote) is darker than purebreed, and comparable to hen color.
b+ b+ Non Barred.
Sex-linked recessive.
- - This is a hen, no second sex chromosome.
Choc+ Choc+ Non Chocolate.
Pattern remains black.
choc choc Chocolate.
Sex-linked, recessive, Dilutes black pattern to chocolate color.
I I Dominant White.
Dilutes black patterns to white, Somewhat leaky.
I^d Id Dun.
Incomplete dominant.
1 Dose dilutes black pattern to brown, 2 doses dilute further to khaki.
I^s Is Smokey.
Recessive blue! Reverts the effects of dominant white to a blue color.
Recessive to wildtype allele i+.
i+ i+ Non Dominant White.
Recessive, leaves black areas black.
Bl Bl Blue.
Incompletely dominant, 1 Dose dilutes black pattern to blue/grey, 2 doses dilute further to splash/white
Bl/Bl BlBl Purebreed blue = splash.
Bl/bl+ Blbl+ Typical blue.
bl+ bl+ Non blue.
recessive, Pattern remains black.
Mo+ Mo+ Non Mottled.
No white feathertips, Dominant.
mo mo Mottled.
White feathertips or less regular white patching, Recessive.
C+ C+ Non Recessive White.
Complete expression of color, Dominant.
c c Recessive White.
No expression of color, thus white feathers.
Lav+ Lav+ Non Lavender.
Dominant, Pattern remains black.
lav lav Lavender.
Recessive, Dilutes black patterns to lavender color.
Co,Pg,Ml Co Pg Ml Co, Pg and Ml render single lacing.
Co,Ml Co Ml Co and Ml render a quail type pattern, columbian with patterned back.
Pg,Ml Pg Ml Pg and Ml without Co render double lacing.
Db,Pg,Ml Db Pg Ml Db, Pg and Ml render spangling.
Db,Pg Db Pg Db and Pg render autosomal barring, quilt pattern.
Co,Db,Pg,Ml Co Db Pg Ml Co, Db ,Pg and Ml render single lacing (or half moon spangling) with patterned tail
Co,Db,Ml Co Db Ml Co and Ml render a quail type pattern, columbian with patterned back.
Db,Ml Db Ml Db and Ml render a quail type pattern, columbian with patterned back.
Co,Pg Co Pg Co and Pg possibly render an incomplete single lacing.