An unusual Clydesdale
A friend recently shared a picture of this Clydesdale mare, Olde Tyme I. M. Nina ("Nina"). Her trainer, Jen Hemphill of Rolling Thunder...
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Jul 5, 2021
An overview of the sabino patterns
This post gives an overview of this complex group of patterns and gives a brief explanation of how they have been named. Perhaps no other...
Jul 4, 2021
Terminology - the generic sabino
The convention the author of this blog follows is to use "sabino" (lowercase with no number) as the generic term for those patterns...
Jul 3, 2021
Terminology - it's all "white-spotting"
This is not a more specific term than sabino, but rather a generic term for the absence of pigment cells. In genetics, mice are used as a...
Jul 3, 2021
Terminology - Dominant White
Rumors of the demise of this term are misleading. It's still widely used in the research community. The hunter mare pictured above...
Apr 11, 2014
Reminder – deadline for W20 samples
The deadline for submitting samples for the W20 Project is coming up, so send them soon if you want your horse included! I wanted to post...
Mar 24, 2014
The W20 Project
A project to raise funds and collect samples is underway to better understand the W20 variant in the W-series of patterns. I mentioned in...
Mar 16, 2014
"W" is for white-spotting
One way of looking at the inclusion of sabino phenotypes in the W-series is to assume that it refers to "white spotting" in general,...
Mar 13, 2014
A family of diverse colors
Tobiano, roan, sabino and dominant white are all mutations that involve the same gene - KIT - which is important for understanding how...
Mar 12, 2014
So what happened to all the sabinos?
What are the differences between dominant whites and sabinos? In terms of phenotype, they do not look different. As I mentioned in the...
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