An overview of the sabino patterns
This post gives an overview of this complex group of patterns and gives a brief explanation of how they have been named. Perhaps no other...
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- Jul 4, 2021
Terminology - the generic sabino
The convention the author of this blog follows is to use "sabino" (lowercase with no number) as the generic term for those patterns...
- Jul 3, 2021
Terminology - it's all "white-spotting"
This is not a more specific term than sabino, but rather a generic term for the absence of pigment cells. In genetics, mice are used as a...
- Jul 3, 2021
Terminology - Dominant White
Rumors of the demise of this term are misleading. It's still widely used in the research community. The hunter mare pictured above...
- Apr 12, 2014
Reminder – deadline for W20 samples
The deadline for submitting samples for the W20 Project is coming up, so send them soon if you want your horse included! I wanted to post...
- Mar 25, 2014
The W20 Project
A project to raise funds and collect samples is underway to better understand the W20 variant in the W-series of patterns. I mentioned in...
- Mar 17, 2014
"W" is for white-spotting
One way of looking at the inclusion of sabino phenotypes in the W-series is to assume that it refers to "white spotting" in general,...
- Mar 14, 2014
A family of diverse colors
Tobiano, roan, sabino and dominant white are all mutations that involve the same gene - KIT - which is important for understanding how...
- Mar 13, 2014
So what happened to all the sabinos?
What are the differences between dominant whites and sabinos? In terms of phenotype, they do not look different. As I mentioned in the...
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