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Record Nr.

UNINA9910270896603321

Autore

Sponenberg D. Phillip (Dan Phillip), <1953->

Titolo

Equine color genetics / / D. Phillip Sponenberg, Rebecca Bellone

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-119-13061-1

1-119-13060-3

1-119-13062-X

Edizione

[Fourth edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (353 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

636.10821

Soggetti

Horses - Color

Horses - Breeding

Horses - Genetics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Dark horse colors : bay, chestnut, black, and brown -- Modifications affecting most colors -- Dilutions of the basic dark colors -- Overview of the genetic control of horse color -- Patterns with individually distribute white hairs -- Nonsymmetrical patches of white : white marks, paints, and pintos -- Overview of patterns adding white -- Horse color and horse breeding -- Peculiarities of hair growth -- Donkey color -- Summary tables.