Foxy Cleopatra’s shared results

Coat Color

Fawn

Alternative Names: Sable, Stag red, Wheaten

Fawn Photo

The Fawn variant is one of the most common red coat patterns, and is responsible for a coat with a red base, and dark-tipped hairs, often darkest over the forehead, ears, spine and tail. Fawn (also denoted as "ay") is found in the ASIP gene (known as the A locus).

More Info

Did you know?

Fawn dogs' color will often lighten with age. Some fawn dogs will only show dark whiskers, and others will be so heavily shaded that they appear black.

How it works

Copies of this variant will cause dogs to show fawn if they do not have other variant that will mask this effect, such as a plain red, black or white coat.

Prevalence

6 in 10 dogs

have one or more copy of this genetic variant in our testing.

Technical Details

Gene ASIP
Also Called Agouti (A) Locus
Variant G>T and G>A
Chromosome 24

References & Credit

Credit to our scientific colleagues:

Berryere, T. G., Kerns, J. A., Barsh, G. S., & Schmutz, S. M. (2005). Association of an Agouti allele with fawn or sable coat color in domestic dogs. Mammalian Genome, 16(4), 262–272. View the article