sluj Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 I assume this is related to ticking, but can anyone offer a more detailed explanation of what's going on with multi-coloured hairs? I've searched around a bit (here, wiki, BC museum, etc.), and they all seem to say that ticking or roaning (unclear on the distinction) is due to intermingled white and coloured hairs. But what about hairs that are, say, white at one end and red on the other? Or black at both ends and white in the middle? Is there a name for this ? just curious. should probably spend less time examining hairs and more time vacuuming them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaderBug Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 That's called agouti, when a hair shaft has different colors in it. I should be able to explain more about it since i've had it in several of my classes, but I can't sorry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnLloydJones Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 That's called agouti, when a hair shaft has different colors in it. I should be able to explain more about it since i've had it in several of my classes, but I can't sorry! Sable is a common term for one type of banded hair colour. Sable is a form of agouti, but I'm not sure that the terms are completely overlapping. (I.e. is there an agouti form that wouldn't be referred to as sable?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebecca, Irena Farm Posted September 24, 2009 Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 There are several banded hair types. Brindle is another. Wild grey is still another. The color and order of the bands can help classify what you are looking at, but this isn't infallible since in practice the bands can vary in width or color to the point where it's hard to tell whether you are looking at grey, cream, liver, tri brown, and sometimes black bands will predominate to the extent that the other bands are mere threads of color, or not appearing at all on that particular hair (as can happen with a solid brindle). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnLloydJones Posted September 24, 2009 Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 There are several banded hair types. Brindle is another. Wild grey is still another. Ah yes, Wild Grey (think wolf), but brindle is an expression of agouti? That's that's new to me. I've never had a brindled dog, so I guess I never looked close enough to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurelin Posted September 24, 2009 Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 Agouti was covered in one of my genetics classes but I can't remember much about it- sorry guys! I guess there's a reason I stopped being a genetics major. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebecca, Irena Farm Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 Google boxer color genetics. I'm pretty sure that's right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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