Rabbit Coat Color Genetics - Summary Table

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Rabbit Coat Color Genetics Project Summary Table
Common Name	Gene Name	Function	Known Alleles (listed in order of descending dominance)	Notes
A gene	ASIP	Coat Pattern	A Agouti a^tTan a Self
B gene	TYRP1	Coat Color Base	B Black b Chocolate
C gene	TYR	Pattern Color	C Full color c^chdChinchilla Dark c^chl Chinchilla Light (sable) c^h Himalayan c Albino	Genotype cc is epistatic to all other genotypes at all other genes (cc = albino).
D gene	MLPH	Density of color	D Dense d Dilute	dd changes base color Black → Blue Chocolate → Lilac
E gene	MC1R	Extension of Dark Pigment	E^dFull Extension E^s Steel E Normal Extension e^j Japanese Brindling e Fawn/Orange/Red	To get steel color, rabbit must be A_ at the A gene.
Silvering gene	Unknown	Silvering	Si No Silvering si Silvering
Spotting gene	KIT	Spotting	En Spotting en No Spotting	Typical Spotting is heterozygous: Enen.

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