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GENE INTERACTION PERTAINING TO COAT COLORS
PAPILLONS AND PHALENES

All of the alleles affect color by controlling the distribution and depth of the two types of pigment. Distribution refers to the location and pattern of the color on the coat and depth refers to the shade of the color. The two pigments involved in the production of all the colors are eumelanin which produces black/brown colored hairs and phaeomelanin which varies in color from pale cream to red to dark mahogany.

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Summary chart on how the different alleles work together to create the colors that we see on Papillons:
COLOR A Locus B Locus C
Locus D Locus E
Locus G
Locus K
Locus M Locus P Locus S Locus T
Locus

BLACK any B - any but c^ac^a D- E^m - or E - G - or gg K- mm PP s^ps^p T - or tt

SABLE a^y - B - C - D- E^m - or E - G - or gg kk mm PP s^ps^p T - or tt

LEMON SABLE a^y - B - c^h - D- E^m - or E - G - or gg kk mm PP s^ps^p T - or tt

TRICOLOR a^ta^t B - any but c^ac^a D- E^m - or E - G - or gg kk mm PP s^ps^p T - or tt

RED any B - C - D- ee G - or gg kk mm PP s^ps^p T - or tt

LEMON any B - c^h - D- ee G - or gg kk mm PP s^ps^p T - or tt

LIVER any bb any but c^ac^a D- any G - or gg K- or kk mm PP s^ps^p T - or tt

BLUE any any any but c^ac^a dd any any any mm PP s^ps^p T - or tt

Locus A: determines distribution of eumelanin and pheomelanin pigment

a^w - (agouti) a^y - (sable) a^ta^t (tricolor) aa (recessive black)

not established; from what we know this allele is not seen in Paps not established; from what we know this allele is not seen in Paps

Locus B: determines depth of eumelanin

B - (black) bb (liver)

Locus C: determines depth of pheomelanin; little if at all affect on eumelanin;
NOTE: if A^s is at the A locus then there will be no pheomelanin on Pap

CC (full pheomelanin) c ^e Cc^ch
(mild dilution) c^chc^ch (diluted pheomelanin) c^ac^a
(no pigment)

(sable)
(red)
undefined; from what we know this allele is not seen in Paps in between sable/red & lemon sable/lemon (lemon sable)
(lemon)
(albinism) Pap will be albino no matter what the other alleles are

Locus D: determines depth of both eumelanin and pheomelanin

D - (will be whatever color the other alleles determine) dd (blue) [documented in only one Papillon]

Locus E: determines distribution of eumelanin

E^m - (black mask) E -
(full eumelanin) E^br-
(brindle) ee ("epistatic" restricts eumelanin throughout coat; no black hairs)

(black mask)
shown on a sable Pap
Pap will be whatever color the other alleles determine not seen in Paps (red)

Locus G: determines distribution and depth of eumelanin and pheomelanin

G - (no gray hairs unless due to old age) gg (has colorless gray/white hairs throughout entire coat)

Locus K: distributes eumelanin over entire coat

K - (black) kk

any color besides black or a dilution of black (liver, blue)

Locus M: determines distribution and depth of eumelanin and pheomelanin

MM (semi-lethal) [probably not seen in Paps] Mm (merle) [not seen in Paps] mm (will be whatever color the other alleles determine)

Locus P: determines depth of eumelanin and pheomelanin

P - (will be whatever color the other alleles determine) pp (diluted color with pink eyes) [not seen in Papillons]

Locus S: determines distribution of non-pigmented (white) hairs

S - no white or very little white sⁱsⁱ white on muzzle, chest, underbelly, tail, and feet s^ps^p white on chest, neck, legs, belly, loin area, and tail tip s^ws^w white on entire coat

(solid colored)
[not seen in Paps] (Irish)
[probably not seen in Paps] (piebald)
shown using a w/black Pap
(white)
[probably not seen in Paps anymore]

Locus T: determines distribution of eumelanin or pheomelanin

T - (will have ticking) tt (no ticking)

Visit this site for a diagram of the color inheritance in Papillons: Pamparix Papillons

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