- The sex-linked colors are Dark-blond-white in order of decreasing dominance of these alleles (alternative forms of the gene on the same spot on the sex chromosome). Dark being wild type is not just sex-linked, but is the alternative to all color mutants. The recessive color mutants are: albino, ivory, pied, and rosy. Frosty and Tangerine are codominants, although frosty is still not
well analyzed.