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In dogs, the Liver color is caused by dilution of the eumelanin (black) pigment by the B locus.

The gene that causes Liver is recessive, so a BB or Bb dog has normal black pigment.

Only a bb dog is Liver.

There are several different recessive b genes, but they all turn the coat brown.

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