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Genetic behind facial and leg markings

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Hello! Can somebody explain me how facial and leg markings are inherited in game? Thank you :)
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Lekara Offline Visit My Farm Visit My Farm Joined: Mon Dec 28, 2015 2:58 am Posts: 306

Re: Genetic behind facial and leg markings

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

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They are all minimal tobiano.
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Lekara Offline Visit My Farm Visit My Farm Joined: Mon Dec 28, 2015 2:58 am Posts: 306

Re: Genetic behind facial and leg markings

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

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

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Lekara wrote:
Argent wrote:They are all minimal tobiano.
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.
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

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Argent wrote:
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.
In real life, white markings are linked to the KIT gene, or somewhere near it. They are genetic, not entirely random.
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.
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Lekara Offline Visit My Farm Visit My Farm Joined: Mon Dec 28, 2015 2:58 am Posts: 306

Re: Genetic behind facial and leg markings

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texí wrote:
Argent wrote: In real life, white markings are linked to the KIT gene, or somewhere near it. They are genetic, not entirely random.
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.
FASCINATING!!
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Re: Genetic behind facial and leg markings

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texí wrote:
Argent wrote: In real life, white markings are linked to the KIT gene, or somewhere near it. They are genetic, not entirely random.
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.
They are a genetic trait with a random expression, just like any other white marking.

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