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Base colour black is simply black on the 'E'
or extension gene. Black is dominant to chestnut so EE is black, Ee
is black and ee is chestnut. All horses will be one of these three
combinations. This gene can tested for and the test can be used to
see if a black based horse carries chestnut and also to identify
black based horses that have been diluted or modified to an extent
that it is no longer obvious what their base colour is. For example
a buckskin is a black based horse modified/diluted by both cream and
agouti (see cream and agouti pages for more info)
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