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French Bulldog DNA
Explained
E Locus
Coloring
Exclusion
Carrier/Cover
Masked
Masked
Masked
carries cream
carries cream
No Mask
No Mask
Solid Cream
Hides K Locus/ A Locus Coloring
Gene 1
Gene 2
Em
Em
Em
E
Em
e
E
E
E
e
e
e
K Locus
Coloring
Exclusion
Carrier/Cover
Brindle
Brindle
Fawn
Carries non-brindle
Gene 1
Gene 2
Kbr
Kbr
Kbr
Ky
Ky
Ky
Unless ee, then cream
Unless ee, then cream
Unless ee, then cream
A Locus
Coloring
Exclusion
Carrier/Cover
Fawn
Fawn/Sable
carries tan points
Wild Sable/Agouti
Gene 1
Gene 2
Ay
Ay
Ay
Aw
Ay
At
Ay
Aw
a
Aw
Aw
At
Unless ee, then cream
Unless ee, then cream
Unless ee, then cream
Unless ee, then cream
Unless ee, then cream
Unless ee, then cream
Aw
a
At
At
At
a
a
a
Fawn/Sable
Fawn/Sable
Wild Sable/Agouti
Wild Sable/Agouti
Tan Points/Black and Tan
Tan Points/Black and Tan
Solid Black
Unless ee, then cream
Unless ee, then cream
Unless ee, then cream
Unless ee, then cream
carries recessive black
carries tan points
carries recessive black
covers brindle gene
carries recessive black
covers brindle gene
B Locus
Coloring
Exclusion
Carrier/Cover
Not Chocolate
Gene 1
Gene 2
B
B
B
b
b
b
*some Frenchies are considered
“non-testable chocolate”
with “red-eye glow”
Not Chocolate
Carries Chocolate
Chocolate
D Locus
Coloring
Exclusion
Carrier/Cover
Not Blue
Not Blue
Blue
carries blue
Gene 1
Gene 2
D
D
D
d
d
d
S Locus
Coloring
Exclusion
Carrier/Cover
Not Pied
Not Pied
Pied
carries pied
Gene 1
Gene 2
S
S
S
s
s
M Locus
Coloring
Exclusion
Carrier/Cover
Merle
Merle
Not Merle
carries merle
Gene 1
Gene 2
M
M
M
m
m
m
Coco
Coloring
Exclusion
Carrier/Cover
Not Chocolate
carries chocolate
Gene 1
Gene 2
Co
Co
Co
co
co
co
"Testable" But
Not Chocolate
Chocolate
Color Combinations
Fur Colors
Descriptions
Lilac or Isabella
Blue & Chocolate–dd & bb (blue with testable chocolate on the B Locus is Isabella)
OR
dd & coco (blue with testable coco is Lilac)
Platinum
(Isabella Platinum or Lilac Platinum)
Blue, Chocolate, & Cream (shows as cream coat)—dd, bb, & ee OR dd, coco, & ee
Blue & Tan
Blue with Tan Points—dd & at/a OR dd & at/at
Quad Carrier
Has the ability to produce 4 colors in puppies, depending on the other parent’s DNA profile (has recessive genes or carries recessive genes for 4 colors)
Tri Carrier
Has the ability to produce 3 colors in puppies, depending on the other parent’s DNA profile (has recessive genes or carries recessive genes for 3 colors)
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