INHERITANCE OF COLOR, BEARD, TASSELS AND HORNS IN THE GOAT

Abstract
I. Color. From examination. of the Kid Register of the British Goat Society it was inferred that the following was the mode of inheritance of various color characteristics, though in no case was conclusive evidence forthcoming that these results are correct. Black appeared to be the lowest term in a series, black, chocolate, fawn. cream, the last being dominant to the others. Brown appeared to he dominant to all colors of the black series, and also to red and to tan. Red and tan may form a series recessive to the black series. Grey and roan appear to be dominant to the black series as well as to red and tan, but recessive to brown. White may be dominant to all colors. II. The beard is a case of sex limitation, dominant in the male, recessive in the female. III. Tassels. The hypothesis that the appearance of tassels is due to the action of a single dominant factor appears to hold good in the majority of cases. But exceptions lead the writers to the conclusion that the mode of inheritance is somewhat more complicated. IV. Horns. Some of the exceptions found by Asdell and Crew1 to the hypothesis that the polled condition is dominant are contradicted by an examination of the Kid Register.