Palominos, Buckskins, and Perlinos OH MY!

The cream gene (CR) is the gene that creates palominos, buckskins, smoky blacks, cremellos, perlinos, and smoky its. It is an incomplete dominant gene; this means that you get a different result when a horse is heterozygous for cream, than when it is homozygous for cream. For example it changes a chestnut to a palomino with one cream gene and then to a cremello with two cream genes. It changes a a bay into a buckskin with one cream gene and then into a perlino with two cream genes. It changes a black horse into a smoky black with one cream gene and then a smokey cream with two cream genes.

A chestnut will have a genetic composition of ee??crcr

A palomino will have a genetic composition of ee??CRcr

A cremello will have a genetic composition of ee??CRCR

A bay will have a genetic composition of E?A?crcr

A buckskin will have a genetic composition of E?A?CRcr

A perlino will have a genetic composition of E?A?CRCR

A black will have a genetic composition of E?aacrcr

A smoky black will have a genetic composition of E?aaCRcr

A smoky cream will have a genetic composition of E?aaCRCR

Here are two examples of palomino.

This is Lourinho AFA from Abacus Farms. He is eeAACRcr

This is BNWD Footloose Nfancyfree from Benwood Morgan Stables . Her genetic composition is eeAaCRcr.

Here are two cremellos.

This is Guaranteed Gold from True Colours Farm. He is ee Aa CRCR.

This is Son of a Gun's Moonwalker from Walk N Express. He is eeaaCRCR

Here are two buckskins.

This is Abacus Xanton from Abacus Farms. He is EeAaCRcr.

This is a buckskin stallion by Moret II out of Canela-R. He is EEAACRcr.



Here are two perlinos.
This is RS Hollywood Command from RR Bar Ranch. He is EEAACRCR.


This is Hmstd Rum Runner from Homestead Morgans. He is EeAaCRCR.



Here are two smoky black horses.
This is TCF Nightlight from True Colours Farm. She is EeaaCRcr.


This is Hopes Black Maria from Coosa Valley Farm. She is EEaaCRcr.



Here are two smoky creams.
This is The Key from The Brand Farm. He is EeaaCRCR.


This is Scott Creek Scrimshaw from Gold Vision Farm. He is EeaaCRCR.


If you have any questions in regards to this post, feel free to leave them in the comments.
Thanks to Audrey Crosby for help locating some of these horses!