EquiGen

Horse coat color predictor

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Home bay

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bai

Description

Red-brown to mahogany body with black mane, tail, and lower legs ("points"). The Agouti gene restricts black pigment to the extremities. The most common coat color in domestic horses.

Visual traits

Red-brown body · Black mane, tail, and lower legs · Brown eyes

Genetic basis

Extension E/- and Agouti A/- — the ASIP gene confines black melanin to the extremities.