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Genetic behind facial and leg markings
Hello! Can somebody explain me how facial and leg markings are inherited in game? Thank you 


Re: Genetic behind facial and leg markings
I'm also interested in this. 


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Re: Genetic behind facial and leg markings
They are all minimal tobiano.

Re: Genetic behind facial and leg markings
Thank you, Argent.Argent wrote:They are all minimal tobiano.
I hope someday in HWO the face and legs markings won't be linked to Tobiano, but will be more random. That's how it is in real life, right? As far as I'm aware, stripes, snips, socks and the like are not genetically determined like color.

Re: Genetic behind facial and leg markings
I agree, I kinda wish it wasn't linked to Tobiano. I do know that identical markings can be passed to offspring, so it's genetic.Lekara wrote:Thank you, Argent.Argent wrote:They are all minimal tobiano.
I hope someday in HWO the face and legs markings won't be linked to Tobiano, but will be more random. That's how it is in real life, right? As far as I'm aware, stripes, snips, socks and the like are not genetically determined like color.

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Re: Genetic behind facial and leg markings
In real life, white markings are linked to the KIT gene, or somewhere near it. They are genetic, not entirely random.Lekara wrote:Thank you, Argent.Argent wrote:They are all minimal tobiano.
I hope someday in HWO the face and legs markings won't be linked to Tobiano, but will be more random. That's how it is in real life, right? As far as I'm aware, stripes, snips, socks and the like are not genetically determined like color.

Re: Genetic behind facial and leg markings
Well in fact, they are quite random, meaning they are affected by the position of the foal in the mare and other stuff, therefore 2 clones of the same horse won't have the same markings.Argent wrote:In real life, white markings are linked to the KIT gene, or somewhere near it. They are genetic, not entirely random.Lekara wrote:
Thank you, Argent.
I hope someday in HWO the face and legs markings won't be linked to Tobiano, but will be more random. That's how it is in real life, right? As far as I'm aware, stripes, snips, socks and the like are not genetically determined like color.

Re: Genetic behind facial and leg markings
FASCINATING!!texí wrote:Well in fact, they are quite random, meaning they are affected by the position of the foal in the mare and other stuff, therefore 2 clones of the same horse won't have the same markings.Argent wrote: In real life, white markings are linked to the KIT gene, or somewhere near it. They are genetic, not entirely random.

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Re: Genetic behind facial and leg markings
They are a genetic trait with a random expression, just like any other white marking.texí wrote:Well in fact, they are quite random, meaning they are affected by the position of the foal in the mare and other stuff, therefore 2 clones of the same horse won't have the same markings.Argent wrote: In real life, white markings are linked to the KIT gene, or somewhere near it. They are genetic, not entirely random.