Equine Coat Color Genetics

Lesson Three Quiz

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True/False

1.  A buckskin can be produced by crossing a palomino on a bay.

True

False

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2. A horse with the genotype of CRCR is referred to as an albino.

True

False

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3. All palominos are born light colored.

True

False

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4. A palomino could be produced by crossing a buckskin on a bay .

True

False

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5. A black horse with a palomino could never produce a palomino.

True

False

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6. The relationship between 2 cremello genes is controlled by the rules of    dominance.

 

7. A palomino and a buckskin are both created from one copy of the cream gene.

                     a. The base color of the palomino is  .

                     b. The base color of the buckskin is  .

 


  8. Crossing a buckskin on a palomino produces perlinos or cremellos
   % of the time.

 



  9. A perlino/cremello has 
skin and 
eyes.

 



10. The way a horse looks is his
  while his actual genetic code is its
.

 

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