We will be taking an Easter break from April 3-12 (Good Friday to the following weekend). You can still place orders now, and also while we are on break. If we receive but don't finish testing your samples they will be first in line when we re-open.
DNA testing for health, appearance and pedigree verification in horses
Learn about one of the tests we do: W20 white markings
W20 is a version of the KIT gene that is thought to cause relatively subtle white markings such as a blaze and socks - and sometimes even less white. It has a white-increasing effect when it is inherited in combination with other white marking genes, particularly sabino 1 and the other W genes.
W20 has been found in a very wide range of horse breeds. The following are just some of the horse and pony breeds where some individuals have tested positive to W20: Thoroughbreds, Welsh Ponies, Quarter Horses, Appaloosas, Warmbloods, Gypsy horses, Clydesdales, Noriker, Miniature Horses... the list goes on.
If your horse has a blaze and one or more socks, or perhaps a few white belly spots that have not been explained by other white marking genes, test for W20 as well as W34 and sabino 1.
Gene or region and technical reference
Gene: KIT (causative). Reference: Hauswirth et al. (2013)
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