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Bragada, the other sabino
Using bragada for this type of patterning also highlights the fact that while sabinos (of all kinds) have a range of white expression, the width of that range can vary dramatically.Â
Jan 15, 2020


Naming the things
Talking about horse color is challenging because of the limitations of language. There are only so many words in the English language for spotted – or, in the case of dilutions, beige.
Jan 7, 2020


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...
Dec 28, 2019


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...
Dec 28, 2019


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...
Dec 27, 2019


Why "Extension"?
One of the genes that controls switching between black and red pigment in mammals is called Extension. The odd choice of name makes...
Sep 28, 2014
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