THE KRAHVIIK DOG
As you may have noticed the Krahviiks have some colours which are not realistic in real dog genetics. Because of this I made up some genetical help, for you. It will help you to determine which colour the dogs will have when you create a litter.
BASIC INFORMATION
The current genotype (genetical code for the colour) is the one you see below.
I am going to explain the lociis that I made for the Krahviiks and if needed some of the others too.
If you want to learn more about dog genetics visit THIS page.
AA BB CC DD FF KK RR SS NN
patterns
albino
fox/wolf
rabbit
influence
on F loci
black/brown
dilution of
B loci
influence
on A loci
white spreading
& Klov
DOMINANT & RECESSIVE
A locus always has 2 copies of itself, like above. One alone is called an allele.
Now, some colours on dogs are dominant or recessive. This is due the different alleles they have on one locus. Some alleles are dominant and some are recessive.
A dominant allele needs only 1 to express on the dogs coat. A recessive color however needs both alleles to be rezessive. Another very important fact is, that the dominant allele is always a big letter that stands first and the recessive is a small letter which stands after the dominant one.
I use as example the "B" loci. As said above it is for the colours black and brown.
Black is the dominant colour (B) and brown the recessive one (b).
Black can be "BB" (full black carrier) or "Bb" (Black but carries brown).
Brown can only be seen on the dogs coat if it is "bb"
Sometimes some alleles can be equal to each other and they express at the same time.
HOW TO CROSS-BREED
So, if you want to breed a litter and you want to see which colours are possible you need to
cross-breed the genotypes of the parents. To do that you can use the following mechanic:
First, you choose a locus you want to cross-breed. I am going to use the "B" locus again. The father is a black dog with the alleles "Bb" and the mother is also a black dog with thealleles "Bb".
B
b
B
b
BB
Bb
Bb
bb
Percentage of possible locus
BB
(full black dog)
Bb
(black dog carring brown)
bb
(brown dog)
25%
50%
25%
Percentage of possible colour
Black dog
Brown dog
75%
25%
As you can see it is pretty interessting to see the outcomes. Of course it is also hard to decide as a none objective being which genetical locus you should pick. I figured out a very good system for that!
Do the cross-breeding we did now for the locus and then type in all 4 outcomes into
THIS GENERATOR. The first one on the list shall be the locus for one of the pups in the litter.
A locus
The A locus is for pattern Tricolour (at) or sable (ay) for example.
For the Krahviik you can use the Tricolour (at), sable (ay),
dominant black (A) and rezessive black (a).
"A" is dominant over "at", "ay" and "a".
"at" and "ay" are dominant over "a".
If you get the combination "atay" it is a dark sable.
AA/ Aa /Aat/ Aay
atat / ata
ayay/ aya
aa
atay
B locus
The B locus is for the colours Black (B) and brown/red/liver/chocolate (b).
"B" is dominant over "b".
BB/ Bb
bb
C locus
The C locus is for the colours Albino white (c). Albino white is a recessive colours. That means that it can only express on the dogs coat with "cc". However, it is not allowed to breed this colour on purpose for the Krahviiks.
"C" is dominant over "c".
D locus
The D locus is for the colours Blue and Lilac. This locus influences the B locus by diluting the colours Black and Brown. Genetically black dogs turn into blue ones and red dogs into lilac.
But the dilution is recessive which means it needs 2 copies of the recessive alleles (dd).
"D" dominant over "d".
BB with DD/Dd
Bb with DD/ Dd
BB/ Bb with dd
bb with DD/ Dd
bb with dd
F locus
The F locus is for the patterns Fox (F) and Wolf (f). This locus is exclusive for the Krahviik Dog.
The colour depends on the other lociis. But this locus CAN NOT express if the "A" locus has a dominant Black (A), a tricolor (at) or a sable (ay) allele in it.
"F" is dominant over "f".
FF/ Ff
ff
K locus
The K locus influences the A locus by preventing it to express on the dogs coat. This means a genetical tricolor dog can not express the tricolor because the K locus won't let it. This locus has no influence on the other locis.
"K" dominant over "k".
atat with KK/Kk
atat with kk
R locus
The R locus is for the white pattern called "Rabbit". It is an exclusive locus for the Krahviik Dog and is dominant.
"R" dominant over "r".
RR/ Rr
rr
S locus
The S locus is for the white patterns on the dogs coat. It can be solid "S" (no white), irish white "si", piebald "sp" and Klov "sh" (exclusive for the Krahviik).
All the alleles are equally to each other and depending on which ones come together the amount of white is different. Take a look HERE for the combinations.
If a dog has "sh" in it, it adds a white head to the dog in combination with the second allele.
Irish Marking
SS
Ssi/ Ssp
sisi/ Ssp
spsp
All the above ones are possible
Klov
shsh
Ssh
sish
spsh
N locus
The N locus influences the F locus and is therefore exclusvie for the Krahviik Dog.
This loci should work the same way as the K locus on the A locus.
"N" dominant over "n".
FF/ Ff with NN/ Nn
ff with nn
Examples
The above ones are all seperate by their locis. Now here you can see
how they work together with a few examples. I am going to use in game pictures for this.
ata BB CC Dd Ff kk rr sisp NN
aa bb CC Dd Ff kk rr sisi nn
aa bb CC DD ff kk Rr sish nn
ata Bb CC Dd ff Kk rr Ssi Nn