cwbluebio
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Registered: Feb 2011
Location: macon, ga
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Liver Color from Blueticks
Liver or chocolate is the easiest coat color to breed for because it depends upon a single recessive gene. It is not dependent upon breeding to a "liver colored bird dog." In dogs the following results are predictable. Black to black-majority black, but any other color can appear except merle. Brindle to brindle-mostly brindles, a minority of fawns. Liver to liver-majority liver other colors are possible but not blue, merle or black. Yellow to yellow-usually only yellows or yellow and white. These are a few examples. It would help if we had a standard color chart so that everyone would agree on what a certain color is. Wives tales and repeating gossip regardless of how old it is, contributes to our lack of progress as a breed. Many times we are successful in spite of ourselves. Now to answer your question-there is a greater chance of getting a liver colored Bluetick when you use inbred or line bred dogs because if these dogs carry the recessive gene in their Genotype (not visible) and the pups who get the recessive gene from both parents it will be visible (liver colored) in the Phenotype (what you see)
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