Can a bay stallion and palomino mare make a palomino foal?
It depends on the genes of the mare and stallion. If the gene for palomino is recessive, then she must be homozygous. (Means both alleles in the gene are the same) There could be a chance that the stallion carries this recessive allele and is heterozygous (Meaning alleles are different in the gene) But he also might not carry the gene at all for palomino, which reduces the chances of a palomino foal. It really depends on the genotype of stallion, since the mare is guaranteed to carry some from of the palomino gene, it just depens if she is homo or heterozygous and if the stallion carries any for palomino at all. Sorry if that was a little confusing. You would need to know a little bit about genetics to undestand.
