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The "A" series of genes is responsible for the presence or lack of pattern, The "A" (agouti) gene is dominant. Next is "at" which is the "tan" pattern (otters and martens). Last would be "a" for self
Chestnut is the most dominant color and the color of wild rabbits.
Opal is the dilute of chestnut.
Lynx is the dilute of chocolate chestnut.
Otters come in the four self colors (black, blue, chocolate, and lilac).
This pattern results in a self colored rabbit with highlights at the neck, belly, ears, eyes and nostrils. It is recessive to agouti (A) and dominant over self (a)
Chestnut is the most dominant color and the color of wild rabbits.
Opal is the dilute of chestnut.
Lynx is the dilute of chocolate chestnut.
Otters come in the four self colors (black, blue, chocolate, and lilac).
This pattern results in a self colored rabbit with highlights at the neck, belly, ears, eyes and nostrils. It is recessive to agouti (A) and dominant over self (a)
The "C" series modifies the rabbit's color by restricting the formation of either black or yellow pigment.
Complete color,"C" is dominant and does not alter the base color. "chd", called dark chinchilla, restricts yellow pigment and turns chestnut to the sparkling black and white of chinchilla. "chl", called light chinchilla, restricts black pigment and turns black to sable. "chl" is incompletely dominant so it is affected by the second "C" series gene the rabbit carries. "ch" restricts pigment to the "points" of the rabbit's body - ears, nose, feet & tail, resulting in what is called the Himalayan pattern. Finally there is "c" which works to lighten the sable color, or when paired with another "c" gene, produces the albino.
A black rabbit with the "chl" and "c" genes is
Siamese sable dilute is
Siamese sable with the non-extension "e" gene is
Don't call me Albino, I'm a
Seal is created by a doubling of the chl gene. A darker version of the Siamese Sable.
Complete color,"C" is dominant and does not alter the base color. "chd", called dark chinchilla, restricts yellow pigment and turns chestnut to the sparkling black and white of chinchilla. "chl", called light chinchilla, restricts black pigment and turns black to sable. "chl" is incompletely dominant so it is affected by the second "C" series gene the rabbit carries. "ch" restricts pigment to the "points" of the rabbit's body - ears, nose, feet & tail, resulting in what is called the Himalayan pattern. Finally there is "c" which works to lighten the sable color, or when paired with another "c" gene, produces the albino.
A black rabbit with the "chl" and "c" genes is
Siamese sable dilute is
Siamese sable with the non-extension "e" gene is
Don't call me Albino, I'm a
Seal is created by a doubling of the chl gene. A darker version of the Siamese Sable.
The "E" series controls the extension of pigment on the hair shaft. Full extension of color is the dominant "E". The recessive "e" restricts the extension of color, concentrating it at the base of the shaft and turns a black rabbit an orange-ish hue.
Black tort diluted is
Black tort with the agouti-pattern gene is
Black tort diluted is
Black tort with the agouti-pattern gene is
Blue-eyed white rabbits carry the Vienna gene (V). Only one "V" gene is necessary for a rabbit to exhibit white marks or spots on a colored coat. A rabbit with two Vienna genes (VV) looks like the bunny in my avatar, pure white with bright blue eyes.
Rabbits come in two colors: black (B) and brown (called chocolate, represented by "b") all of the other colors are created by various modifying genes.
There are five "self" colors, meaning the rabbit is one solid color with no pattern or shading. Black is dominant over chocolate, dense color (D) is dominant to dilute (d). The dilute gene, "d" turns black to blue and chocolate to lilac. White rabbits can have either ruby or blue eyes, which is determined by two completely different genes.