ROAN INHERITANCE:
roan is an autosomal polygenic dominant:
i.e. it is a simple dominant, but needs other color genes (white(parti/piebaald)
to be visibly expressed
INHERITANCE PREDICTABILITY:
the odds of producing roan puppies in any particular breeding
assuming one parent carries one roan gene (typical) and both parents
are piebald (parti/spotted) :
50% of the litter will be roan but,
the odds of any single puppy in a litter being roan is also
50%
which translates into:
all, none or any percentage in between of the puppies in a specific
litter can be roan
not every typical roan breeding will produce a specific number
of roan puppies
the chance of any individual pup being roan is the equivalent
of a flip of a coin heads/tails=yes/no=roan/no-roan=50/50 chance
Roans are not always born roan, some are and some are not.
Those roan pups born with little or no roaning, almost seem to oxidize
before your eyes. Changing from no or vary little roan, to obvious within
hours or less.
The first places to look for roaning are the muzzle and the pads.
Buff/red roans may take weeks to tell for sure, check the belly
for mottling. The roan will probably show there first, on light colors.(assuming
the belly has white)
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A roan cocker is a roan cocker.
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Is not a ticked cocker.
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Is not a brown cocker.
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Is not a sable cocker.
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Is not a buff cocker.
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Is not a merle cocker.
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Is not a silver cocker..
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Is not a blue cocker.
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Roan does not grade into any other color or pattern.
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Roan is not another form of ticking gene, if it is, its one hair
at a time not in clumps/spots. Roan becomes more prevalent as the
dog matures and can vary seasonaly/yearly. (ticking
is another topic for a different time)
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Roan is inherited independently.
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A roan cocker can also be ticked,brown,sable,buff,merle,silver,blue,ect.or
any possible combination.
To describe the roan gene in action, it is like painting the whole
dog with a dilute form of the base color/colors and adding another light
coat every day until maturity. See the roan in action from day one
"Progression
of Roan in Pictures" |
MERLE INHERITANCE:
merle is a simple/autosomal dominant:
i.e. it is a simple dominant that doesn't need other color genes to
be expressed
( although merle is considered an incomplete dominant ( homozygote
has a double dose of white ), creating homozygous puppies may produce undesirable
effects (search google for double
merle )
INHERITANCE PREDICTABILITY:
the odds of producing merle puppies in any particular breeding
assuming one parent carries one merle gene (typical) and both
parents can be any color :
50% of the litter will be merle but,
the odds of any single puppy in a litter being merle is also
50%
which translates into:
all, none or any percentage in between of the puppies in a specific
litter can be merle
not every typical merle breeding will produce a specific number
of merle puppies
the chance of any individual pup being merle is the equivalent
of a flip of a coin heads/tails=yes/no=merle/no-merle=50/50 chance
Merle is not roan!
To describe the merle gene in action, it is like panting the whole dog
with a white camouflage that can be quite variable, merles are born merle
and don't really change.
If you are breeding merle and/or roan cockers?
Learn what they are, before putting any information on the web
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gary
scenarios are typical
visit website dedicated to exploring merle cocker color
http://www.merlecockers.com |