Horse Color Test Results

Whether you are looking to understand your horse's unique combination of color genes or are just curious to about the basics of equine coat colors, join us for this first installment of our "How to Read Your Horse's DNA Results" series. The horse coat color panel bundles together several diagnostic tests to evaluate coat color. Panel can be purchased on MyVGL.

See below for pricing and list of specific tests included in panel. If you would like to test for base color, dilution, and white spotting, please select the Full Color/Pattern Panel instead. This calculator will give you the possible offspring coat colors and their probabilities when given the parents coat color and pattern information.

For a gray sire or dam, you must enter what color the horse was before it went gray as well as check the box labeled gray to the right of your color selection. The American Quarter Horse Association offers several coat-color tests, including a panel test and individual color tests. These tests are designed to determine the actual coat color of a horse.

The results of the testing will be recorded on the horse's records for the convenience of its owners. How to Read a DNA Test for Horse Coat Color and Breeding Genetic testing is a powerful tool for understanding your horse's coat color and planning for its breeding future. DNA test results can look intimidating at first, but they are surprisingly straightforward to read once you understand the basic terminology.

This guide will walk you through the key genetic markers and what they mean for. So you've gene tested your horse and gotten the results, but what do they mean? The color name - also called phenotype - makes sense, but what about that string of letters? That's your horse's genotype, the actual genetic code for the coat color of your horse, and here we're going to break it all down and explain how to read it. This is one of the most complex genotypes that can be created.

Red Factor and Agouti Horse coat color depends on many genes. There are two known genes that contribute to a horse's base color, namely Agouti (also known as Agouti Signaling Protein or ASIP for short) and Red Factor (also known as extension or MC1R). Genetic variation at the Agouti and Red Factor loci work together to determine the base coat color as well as the color of a horse's points.

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Horses for sale of all ages and training levels. Special section on equine color genetics. Testing for genetic health conditions, colors and/or patterns yields specific results for the test performed.

Results are recorded on the horse's APHA profile. Color, pattern and health results are printed on the horse's APHA certificate, as well. Equine Coat Color Genetics Base Coat Color The basic coat colors of horses include chestnut, bay, and black.

These are controlled by the interaction between two genes: Melanocortin 1 Receptor (MC1R) and Agouti Signaling Protein (ASIP).