PHERESATA GENETICS
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Pheresata hoof/eye color comes on gold, silver, bronze, copper, diamond, or obsidian [just colors]. These do not have rarities, and this color must appear somewhere on the collar.
Pheresata have three color "series" - natural, strawberry, or green & blue. A Phere may only have one series unless a chimera.
If you are struggling with designing, hit Ctrl+f on the archive & enter what genotype set you're looking for for more examples. c:
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Pheresata hoof/eye color comes on gold, silver, bronze, copper, diamond, or obsidian [just colors]. These do not have rarities, and this color must appear somewhere on the collar.
Pheresata have three color "series" - natural, strawberry, or green & blue. A Phere may only have one series unless a chimera.
If you are struggling with designing, hit Ctrl+f on the archive & enter what genotype set you're looking for for more examples. c:
NATURAL
- Black - BB or Bb
- Jet black or very dark grey, NOT affected by grey or dilute but may carry them.
- Only possible if black is completely absent [bb]. Characterized by a near-black dark brown, susceptible to "sunfading [lighter parts]" on the topline.
- Only possible if black is completely absent [bb]. Shows as a medium to semi dark rich brown color.
- Only possible if black is completely absent [bb]. A sorrel color ranging from dull to fiery.
- Strawberry - SS or Ss
- A rich red color, often with darker points or countershading and almost always with white birdspots.
- A recessive color under strawberry, characterized by a vibrant purple coat and similar to strawberry with the countershading and birdspots.
GREEN & BLUE [far left]
- Green - GG or Gg
- From light to olive, always with a yellow head. Rarely seen without at least black birdspots on the face.
- Recessive under green, light to medium blue, always with a white head and rarely without black birdspots.
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Grey - GrGr or Grgr
- This adds a grey "film" over the coat and acts to lighten it. It can range from slightly lighter to almost like double cream in horses. Natural, Strawberry, and Green and blue examples.
Dilute - DiDi or Didi
- This both makes the coat lighter and brigher - depending on the base, it can have many different effects. Heterozygous dilute looks different from homozygous, which causes the very light colors / albinos. Natural, Strawberry, and Green and blue examples.
Pearl - PrlPrl or Prlprl
- Similar to a sabino roan in horses, this causes a "roan" lightening as well as sabino-like patches on the ears/face, back of the neck, underbelly, and various other places, as well as light-tipped wings.
Clearwing - CwCw or Cwcw
- Like the finch markings, this makes the wings white and a "belt" of white from the front to the back legs that fades out into the coat and may cause lighter patches at the shoulders/rump. Minimal must at least cover the wings and small strip of belly, maximum must leave the head and lower legs uncovered.
- Taking the look of manchado or tovero in horses, this causes white patches all over the coat. It almost always appears as yellow patches on green, but white on all others.
- Seen often in white on Strawberry and in black on Green & blue, birdspots are small dots, mostly concentrated around the shoulder and neck. Like minimal white [feather tips, face, leg, chest], they have no gene and are either rolled for [birdspots; 75% if one parent carries, 100% if two] or added if wanted [white].
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Adhine - AdAd or Adad
- Causes lighter and more saturated soft spots at the throat, chest, legs, eye/muzzle, and belly. Can stretch up behind the shoulder and flank or turn the legs light, and may affect the wingtips. The minimum should appear like seal bay on horses, and the maximum pangare. [tip - use the dodge tool and watercolor to blend it !]
- Ankala is the appearance of skeleton-like markings on the highspots of the Phere, most commonly the hip, shoulder, first few ribs, and eye sockets / nose / mouth. It never extends down the legs or affects the wings. Minimum is facial markings or a few vertebrae, maximum is a full skeleton sans the legs.
Atirika - AtAt or Atat
- Only happens on strawberry or green & blue series; on heterozygous, it causes a gradient of the previous and following rainbow colors to respectively appear on the head and rump. Homozygous Pheres can have up to all of the colors present, but the middle section must be the original base.
- In Pheresata, this gene causes a disruption of pigmentation down the vertical lines in the coat of darker or lighter stripes, often disrupted or freckled-looking. The minimum is a few broken stripes, and the maximum fullbody. [tip -
try thin marks in watercolor or pen set to a little bit of scatter/spacing and blending it down later !]
- Like the black marks in budgies, this causes a myriad of thin dark stripes on the neck, thicker stripes on the shoulders, a few stripes on the hindquarters, a black tipped tail, and black marks on the wings. It also makes the hocks/ankles black, surrounded by whirls. The minimum should cover at least from the throat to 3/4 down the neck,
and the maximum should never extend to the barrel, face, or upper legs. May cause a large dorsal stripe like dun.
Harina - HaHa or Haha
- Similar to a Dama Gazelle, this gene causes from the lower neck to rump to fade into white. The legs will always be white, often with the base coat showing through at the lower leg points. The tail always goes white. The face will turn white, separated from the base coat by a collar of darker color, which may fade out in stripes and/or appear in striped markings on the face.
Jhara - JhJh or Jhjh
- This gene affects the markings differently based on the copies - heterozygous causes any white or black markings,
including birdspots, to "bleed" down like liquid. Homozygous CAN but does not have to appear in thick swirls. This does not change the placement or disrupt he markings, only spread them. Heterozygous may only affect a few spots, but homozygous must affect all markings. DOES NOT AFFECT GHARA NECK STRIPES!
- Similar to sooty, this causes black along the topline / around the upper shoulder and hindquarters like a "coat". It does not cause dapples. It may make the legs/tail/wingtips darker, but will not affect the face. [tip - try watercolor at high opacity/color to apply along the topline, then lower to about a quarter opacity/color to blend it out!]
Merle - MrlMrl or Mrlmrl
- Like in dogs, merle causes darker patches blended into the coat and a lighter collar, underbelly, face, and legs/wingtips. Wings will not have patches but instead the feathers will be dark-tipped. Minimum may be a few patches around the shoulders and hindquarters, and the maximum fullbody.
Nihikara - NkNk or Nknk
- Also known as "blessed by the stars", the white markings on the Pheres [pied, clearwing, pearl, etc] excluding birdspots turn galaxy-esqu; variants of blue, black, and purple, but can encompass every color, spattered with little stars.
Praja - PraPra or Prapra
- One of the most interesting mutations, Praja is based on butterfly wings and creates "windows" surrounded by black. The appearance changes based on the amount of copies. There are three separate spots this can appear in -
the face, shoulders, or hindquarters. Heterozygous Pheres can only have Praja in one place, but homozygous may cause it to appear two or all three places. Minimum must be obviously Praja, and the maximum may not extend past the example.
Ramad - RmRm or Rmrm
- Similar to grey in how it lightens the coat, Ramad adds a lighter 'layer' to make the coat lighter and disrupts some of the color, creating a rainbow affect in colors similar to the base. The tail and wingtips always go white.
Zhora - ZhZh or Zhzh
- Like a zorse, this gene causes incomplete zebra stripes all over the body. The legs must always be striped, but the face typically remains unaffected. The end of the tail and feathers will be black and the feathers may have stripes. Even the maximum may not cover the entire body.
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- Rolled for during breeding - no locus
- Angora; feathers on the lower legs and longer tail.
Somatic mutation; patches of lighter or darker color. May appear swirling, like brindle.
Chimera; fusing of two foals in the womb. Combination of two chosen genotypes.
Twins; two babies. Can be both one genotype or different.
Bird spots; passed from parents at 50% from one and 100% from two.
