The A
series contains three genes
(listed in descending order of dominance):
A represents
agouti. The color of
the chestnut agouti is the easiest to explain. Aside, of course,
from the length of the wool, a chestnut agouti looks exactly the same
in color as a jackrabbit or cottontail. Agoutis have lacing on the
ears, bands in the wool, and rings around the eyes. It is desirable
to breed an agouti with a rabbit that carries the chinchilla dark
(cchd) gene. However,
it is quite undesirable to breed an agouti with a rabbit that carries
the chinchilla light (cchl)
gene. Such a breeding may result in unshowable colors. The agouti
gene is also necessary for making creams, fawns, and reds.
at represents
the tan gene. It is
not showable in French angora, so we won't discuss it other than to
say that it is recessive to agouti, but dominant to self (a).
a represents
the self gene. A self
rabbit has no bands in the wool. The wool color is fainter at the
skin but increases in color the closer you get to the end of the
hair.
Yes, I should have
taken pictures. But we can't find the camera right now.
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