Black Snowdrop

Appearance

Snowdrop dilutes the coat, mane and tail to a pale cream color similar to homozygous cream. They have pink skin and blue eyes.		Adults

Snowdrop dilutes the coat, mane and

tail to a pale cream color similar to

homozygous cream. They have pink skin

and blue eyes.

Adults

Mimics

Black snowdrop looks similar to homozygous cream (cremello, smoky cream, perlino). Genetic testing is necessary to confirm the coat color.

Genetics

Black snowdrop is the result of a black base coat diluted by two copies of snowdrop. The snowdrop (sno) dilution is an allele of the MATP gene.

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Smoky black snowdrop:
E/_ a/a sno/sno

Articles

Bisbee D, Carpenter ML, Hoefs-Martin K, Brooks SA, Lafayette C.; Identification of a novel missense variant in SLC45A2 associated with dilute snowdrop phenotype in Gypsy horses; Animal Genetics (2020); Doi: 10.1111/age.12913

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