I would also love to see such an experiment, and am fascinated by genetics. I didn't mean to imply that color = temperment so much, but it does seem to me that there is some association. Such as certain genes being on locii that are physically close to others, so the entire "package" often gets passed down together. That's what I suspect might be happening with color/temperment.
That makes a lot of sense, and I'm sure must be in play as well, especially among dogs.
But if there's no link at all, how would you explain the foxes changing colors, when all they were selecting for was temperment?
(Oh, and I'm also a tortie cat owner and can attest to the tortie temperment thing. My cat isn't feisty exactly, but she is...different LOL. She also has some Siamese blood somewhere, so who knows where she gets it really.)
It is quite talked about in the Doberman world that the reds tend to be "nicer" than the other colors. And that's just because there was a red way back when with a phenomenal temperament and it just passed through the lines.
But if there's no link at all, how would you explain the foxes changing colors, when all they were selecting for was temperment?
(Oh, and I'm also a tortie cat owner and can attest to the tortie temperment thing. My cat isn't feisty exactly, but she is...different LOL. She also has some Siamese blood somewhere, so who knows where she gets it really.)