Silver smoky black

Appearance

Foals		Silver foals are often very pale at birth, with silvery eyelashes, mane and tail. The hooves typically have vertical stripes.

Foals

Silver foals are often very pale at birth,

with silvery eyelashes, mane and tail.

The hooves typically have vertical stripes.

While smoky black has the same appearance as black, when the silver dilution is also present, they work together to create a horse that is a caramel-like color. Silver horses may develop eye problems (MCOA).		Adults

While smoky black has the same

appearance as black, when the silver

dilution is also present, they work together

to create a horse that is a caramel-like

color. Silver horses may develop eye

problems (MCOA).

Adults

Genetics

Silver smoky black is the result of a black base diluted by one copy of cream and one of two copies of silver. The cream (CR) dilution is an allele of the MATP gene. The silver (Z) dilution is an allele of the PMEL17 gene.

Silver smoky black:
Black (E/_ a/a) + CR/n + Z/_

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Black | Smoky black | Silver black | Silver bay

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Articles

Andersson L.S., Wilbe M., Viluma A., Cothran G., Ekesten B., Ewart S., Lindgren G.; Equine multiple congenital ocular anomalies and silver coat colour result from the pleiotropic effects of mutant PMEL; PLoS One (2013) Doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075639
Brunberg E., Andersson L., Cothran G., Sandberg K., Mikko S., Lindgren G.; A missense mutation in PMEL17 is associated with the Silver coat color in the horse; BMC Genetics (2006); Doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-7-46
Locke, M. M., Ruth, L. S., Millon, L .V., Penedo, M. C. T., Murray, J. D., & Bowling, A. T.; The cream dilution gene, responsible for the palomino and buckskin coat colours, maps to horse chromosome 21. Animal Genetics (2001); doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2052.2001.00806.x
Mariat, D., Taourit, S., & Guérin, G.; A mutation in the MATP gene causes the cream coat colour in the horse. Genetics Selection Evolution (2003); doi: 10.1051/gse:2002039