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Geneticists and Breeders have long been aware of
several locations of chromosomes (loci), which
are responsible for the color patterns we see in
dogs.
Each locus has 2 sides.
Every puppy inherits one copy of each locus from
Mom and one of each from Dad. This is true of ALL
genetic traits.
Each of these loci is responsible for one or
more traits, either independently, or in
conjunction with another locus.
The simple rendition below can be applied to any
single loci, such as the B loci.

LESSON 1

The simple rendition below
is applied to 2 single loci, D & B. You can see how complicated
these scenarios can be. Imagine you are dealing with 3, 4, or
more!

LESSON 2...showing
only 2 of the 81 combination possibilities.

This ends our Color basics
lessons. To go further would require a complete site dealing
with this topic only. We here at Rare Bulldogs, hope that this
has helped you to get a foundation start to learning about Color
DNA. Please visit our other Color DNA Pages, as we have a wealth
of information here on each color. The links are at the top of
this page. We recommend that you do further research on DNA
Educational sites, should you need to go further in your
knowledge.