Introduction: Ka Ninau o ka Ilio Palaunu, keokeo, a me ka eleele
Ua kaulana nā ʻīlio no ko lākou hoa pili, kūpaʻa, a me nā ʻano kino like ʻole. ʻO kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona hoihoi loa o nā ʻīlio, ʻo ia ka waihoʻoluʻu ʻaʻahu, hiki ke ʻano like ʻole ma muli o ka ʻano a me nā genetics. Ma waena o nā waihoʻoluʻu ʻaʻahu like ʻole i hiki i nā ʻīlio ke loaʻa, ʻo kekahi o nā hui ʻoi loa he ʻeleʻele, keʻokeʻo, a me ka ʻeleʻele. He nui nā nīnau e pili ana i kēia waihoʻoluʻu, e like me ka ʻano a me nā ʻano ʻīlio i loaʻa kēia kala, a he aha ka inoa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā ʻīlio me kēia mau kala?
Ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā ʻano ʻīlio a me nā waihoʻoluʻu
ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā ʻīlio ʻīlio a me nā waihoʻoluʻu ʻaʻahu he hana mua nui i ka pane ʻana i ka nīnau o ka ʻīlio ʻeleʻele, keʻokeʻo, a ʻeleʻele. Aia ma mua o 300 mau ʻano ʻīlio i ʻike ʻia e ka American Kennel Club (AKC), kēlā me kēia me kona mau hiʻohiʻona ponoʻī, me ka waihoʻoluʻu ʻaʻahu. Hoʻokaʻawale ka AKC i nā kala ʻaʻahu ʻīlio i ʻumi mau pūʻulu nui, mai ka ʻeleʻele a keʻokeʻo a hiki i ka brindle. I loko o kēlā me kēia o kēia mau pūʻulu, he nui nā aka like ʻole a me nā hiʻohiʻona o ka waihoʻoluʻu, me ka hui ʻana o ka ʻeleʻele, keʻokeʻo, a me ka ʻeleʻele.
ʻO ke kuleana o nā Genetics i ka waihoʻoluʻu ʻīlio
Hoʻoholo ʻia nā waihoʻoluʻu a me nā hiʻohiʻona o ka ʻaʻahu o ka ʻīlio e kona genetics, ʻo ia hoʻi e nā ʻano genes ʻelua. Mālama ka gene mua i ka nui o ka puaʻa i loko o ka lauoho o ka ʻīlio, a ʻo ka gene ʻelua e hoʻomalu i ka hāʻawi ʻana i kēlā puaʻa ma ke kino o ka ʻīlio. ʻO nā ʻīlio me ka hui ʻulaʻula, keʻokeʻo, a me ka ʻeleʻele he hui pū kekahi o nā genes e hoʻopuka i kēia kala. Eia nō naʻe, no ka nui o nā ʻano ʻīlio like ʻole i hiki ke loaʻa i kēia kala, ʻokoʻa nā genes kikoʻī i pili i kēlā me kēia ʻano.