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Info från amerikanska paintföreningen;
The splashed white pattern was originally studied in Finnish Horses, and was reputed to be a true recessive pattern. If this were the case, the pattern would be unlikely to occur unless two splashed white horses mated, which is not the case.
Recent evidence is consistent with this pattern being caused by a dominant gene. The main problem in the past appears to have been that minimally marked horses were classed as nonspotted, which resulted in erroneous conclusions.
No homozygous splashed white horses have ever been documented, leading to the suspicion that this is yet another gene that cannot exist in homozygous form. If this is true, the loss of hearing probably occurs early in gestation rather than at term, so this is distinct from the lethal white foal problem where defective foals are born.
The best strategy for splashed white horses, then, is to mate them to horses without the splashed white pattern.
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Info från amerikanska paintföreningen;
The splashed white pattern was originally studied in Finnish Horses, and was reputed to be a true recessive pattern. If this were the case, the pattern would be unlikely to occur unless two splashed white horses mated, which is not the case.
Recent evidence is consistent with this pattern being caused by a dominant gene. The main problem in the past appears to have been that minimally marked horses were classed as nonspotted, which resulted in erroneous conclusions.
No homozygous splashed white horses have ever been documented, leading to the suspicion that this is yet another gene that cannot exist in homozygous form. If this is true, the loss of hearing probably occurs early in gestation rather than at term, so this is distinct from the lethal white foal problem where defective foals are born.
The best strategy for splashed white horses, then, is to mate them to horses without the splashed white pattern.
