Tag: Inheritance

  • Coat Color Inheritance Chart

    The following information is from: http://www.vetgen.com/schippcolor.html 

    For example, if your dog is a Type V, (yellow dog with a black nose carrying the hidden genes for black). If you were to mate your dog with a Type III, the resulting litter would, on the average, all the puppies would be black. These probabilities represent expectations averaged over the long run and are subject to the law of probabilities.


    c1 c2 c3 Vetgen Vetgen Vetgen Vetgen Vetgen Vetgen
    I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX
    I All
    Black
    All
    Black
    All
    Black
    All
    Black
    All
    Black
    All
    Black
    All
    Black
    All
    Black
    All
    Black
    II All
    Black
    ¾ Black
    ¼ Yellow
    All
    Black
    ¾ Black
    ¼ Yellow
    ½ Black
    ½ Yellow
    ½ Black
    ½ Yellow
    ½ Black
    ½ Yellow
    All
    Black
    ¾ Black
    ¼ Yellow
    III All
    Black
    All
    Black
    ¾ Black
    ¼ Choc.
    ¾ Black
    ¼ Choc.
    All
    Black
    ¾ Black
    ¼ Choc.
    ½ Black
    ½ Choc.
    ½ Black
    ½ Choc.
    ½ Black
    ½ Choc.
    IV All
    Black
    ¾ Black
    ¼ Yellow
    ¾ Black
    ¼ Choc.
    9/16 Black
    ¼ Yellow
    3/16 Choc.
    ½ Black
    ½ Yellow
    3/8 Black
    ½ Yellow
    1/8 Choc.
    ¼ Black
    ½ Yellow
    ¼ Choc.
    ½ Black
    ½ Choc.
    3/8 Black
    ¼ Yellow
    3/8 Choc.
    V All
    Black
    ½ Black
    ½ Yellow
    All
    Black
    ½ Black
    ½ Yellow
    All
    Yellow
    All
    Yellow
    All
    Yellow
    All
    Black
    ½ Black
    ½ Yellow
    VI All
    Black
    ½ Black
    ½ Yellow
    ¾ Black
    ¼ Choc.
    3/8 Black
    ½ Yellow
    1/8 Choc.
    All
    Yellow
    All
    Yellow
    All
    Yellow
    ½ Black
    ½ Choc.
    ¼ Black
    ½ Yellow
    ¼ Choc.
    VII All
    Black
    ½ Black
    ½ Yellow
    ½ Black
    ½ Choc.
    ¼ Black
    ½ Yellow
    ¼ Choc.
    All
    Yellow
    All
    Yellow
    All
    Yellow
    All
    Choc.
    ½ Choc
    ½ Yellow
    VIII All
    Black
    All
    Black
    ½ Black
    ½ Choc.
    ½ Black
    ½ Choc.
    All
    Black
    ½ Black
    ½ Choc.
    All
    Choc.
    All
    Choc.
    All
    Choc.
    IX All
    Black
    ¾ Black
    ¼ Yellow
    ½ Black
    ½ Choc.
    3/8 Black
    ¼ Yellow
    3/8 Choc.
    ½ Black
    ½ Yellow
    ¼ Black
    ½ Yellow
    ¼ Choc.
    ½ Yellow
    ½ Choc.
    All
    Choc.
    ¾ Choc
    ¼ Yellow