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Genetic colour modification – Diluting factors

Genetic colour modification – Diluting factors

Cream factor (Cr)

This dilution gene also makes the basic colour lighter; however, it mainly affects the red pigments. It affects both the hair of the coat and the hair of the mane and tail, particularly in chestnuts. It has an incompletely dominant inheritance, meaning that a horse with two Cr genes will be lighter than a horse with one Cr gene.

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