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Old 02-11-2009, 10:08 PM
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Re: Solid colours

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Originally Posted by spid View Post
cream isn't blue based - cream is dilute red - so it is red based - so unless the girl is put to either another cream or a red all girls will be tortie.
it can only carry chocolate - if it has blue it is blue/cream (or blue tortie) not a cream
Whoah yes it is blue-based - it is a combination of the blue dilution gene (d) aka Maltese dilution plus red. So, depending on your viewpoint it is red based and blue based

As the OP was asking about a blue stud, it was easier to explain it using blue as the base (which both have).
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