Thank you so much! Your guess makes indeed lots of sense and I see that I still have much to learn. :D
I stand corrected concerning Spangling - I had it wrongly associated.
Mahogany, Columbia and Darkbrown surely are interesting factors! It always amazes me how versatile certain genes can be.
Ah, why didn't I think of heterozygous Silver that causes the phaeomelanin-dilution? :D
I'm still learning to decipher breeder-talk, so bear with me please.
Does "brown red" mean that some kind of phaeomelanin-intensifier is darkening the red pigment? Mahogany for example.
What causes leakage?
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