b'Fjord Color Each Fjord has 2 alleles for each of these color genes; 1A brown dun Fjord is a bay horse with dun and no Cream from the dam, and 1 from the sire. For example a grey FjordDilution. It is generated by the combined effects of the Agouti has an Agouti genotype of (aa). One (a) came from the damgene and the Red Factor gene. In their non-recessive forms, and the other (a) from the sire. That Fjord can only pass (a)which are denoted by capital letters A and E, those two genes on to its offspring. If a Fjord had an Agouti genotype of (Aa),produce a brown dun. Examples of brown dun include AA EE it could pass the capital (A) to a foal, or the lowercase (a),nn, Aa EE nn, Aa Ee nn.with equal probability. The same pattern repeats for the RedA grey Fjord has the recessive forms of the Agouti gene, Factor and Cream Dilution gene alleles of any Fjord. (aa). Examples of grey Fjords include aa EE nn, aa Ee nn, aa EE Inheritance of one genes alleles doesnt influence thenCr, aa Ee nCr. The last two are technically grey with cream, other genes; they are all independent. but look just like any other grey Fjord and are registered as a RedFactorandAgoutiaresimpledominant/recessivegrey.genes. A carrier has one copy of the recessive form of theA red dun Fjord has the recessive forms of the Red Factor gene. Two copies of the recessive form are required to makegene, (ee). Examples of red dun Fjords include AA ee nn, Aa a red dun (ee) or a grey (aa). One copy comes from the sireee nn, aa ee nn (this last one is genetically both grey and red, and the other from the dam. Capital letters represent thebut looks red).dominant allele of the gene, and lowercase letters representCream Dilution, in one copy (nCr), will dilute brown duns the recessive allele of the gene. to white duns, will dilute red duns to yellow duns, and will not CreamDilutionactsdifferentlythanRedFactorandchange the color of greys with the Cr allele.Agouti. Cream Dilution is incompletely dominant and onlyo White duns have the following possible genotypes: AA EE affectsredpigment,soonecopyofCreamDilution(nCr)nCr, Aa EE nCr, Aa Ee nCrlightens the base color of brown duns and red duns, but noto Greys with cream have the following possible genotypes: black points or grey Fjords. Cream Dilution is not carriedaa EE nCr, aa Ee nCrin the sense that recessive alleles are carried in a hidden manner. Its clearly visible on white duns and yellow duns. Greys that have cream are appropriately described as grey with cream, or smoky grey, but are not visually discernible from greys without cream. That one copy of Cream Dilution can come from either the dam or sire to produce a yellow dun, white dun, or grey with cream. This is different from the recessive inheritance of grey or red, where both parents must pass along a copy of grey to make a grey foal, or both pass a copy of red to produce a red dun foal.Two copies of Cream Dilution (CrCr) creates a kvit. A kvit can only be produced from both parents having at least one copy of Cream Dilution and both passing their copy to the foal. This is generally avoided since Kvit is not a recognized color in the Breed Standard. M_Stallions Hunter Aa Ee NCr and Ragnvald Aa Ee NNFjord Herald Issue #148Fall 2023 29'