"How do you know what color the labrador puppies will be" this is a question that I am often confronted with.So I decided to pull together all of my answers and explain it as simply as possible.

***The coat color of Labrador Retrievers (Black, chocolate, or yellow) is controlled by two different genes B and E

*** The B controls the color of the coat, and is either B=Black or b=brown.

*** Each parent passes the offspring with the "B" gene or a "b" gene. Black is dominant .

*** BB = both dame and stud provide a Black gene

*** Bb = dame provides Black, stud provides brown; or vice versa

*** bb = both dame and stud provide a brown gene

*** A puppy with one or two "B's" will have a Black nose; one with two "b's" will have a brown nose ***

*** The E gene regulates whether the color pigment will actually be deposited in the hair, and is either "E" = permits pigment deposition, or "e" = prevents pigment deposition. each parent provides the offspring with either an "E" gene or an "e" gene

*** Each parent provides the offspring with either an "E" gene or an "e" gene

*** EE = both dame and stud provide the gene permitting pigment deposition

*** Ee = dame provides the gene permitting deposition, stud provides the gene preventing deposition; or vice versa

*** ee = both dame and stud provide the gene preventing deposition

*** As a result, any Labrador retriever that has at least one "B" and one "E" (BBEE, BBEe, BbEE, or (BbEe) will be Black.

*** A Labrador retriever that has two "b's" and at least one "E" (bbEE or bbEe) will be brown.

*** A Labrador retriever that has two "e's," whether it has "B's" or "b's" (BBee, Bbee, or bbee) will be yellow.

*** The "e" gene does not prevent deposition of color in the nose or lips as it does in the coat. so, "BBee" and "Bbee" yellow Labs have Black noses and lips, while "bbee" yellow Labs have brown noses and lips.

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