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| GENETIC CODING: COLORS OF THE LOPS |
| Accepted colors as seen in the 2006-2010 ARBA Book of Standard, Lop Color Guide |
| AGOUTI GROUP Chinchilla-black.......... A-B-c(chd)-D-E- Chinchilla-blue (squirrel).......... A-B-c(chd)-ddE- Chinchilla-chocolate.......... A-bbc(chd)-D-E- *Chinchilla-lilac.......... A-bbc(chd)-ddE- *Chinchilla-sable.......... A-B-c(chl)-D-E- *Chinchilla-smoke pearl.......... A-B-c(chl)-ddE- Chestnut Agouti-black.......... A-B-C-D-E- Chestnut Agouti-chocolate.......... A-bbC-D-E- Opal.......... A-B-C-ddE- Lynx.......... AbbC-ddE- ~*~ a true lynx is a chocolate agouti A-bb, but most breeders have what is a smutty cream A-B-C-ddee and is labeled incorrectly as a lynx. |
| POINTED WHITE GROUP Pointed White-black.......... aaB-ch-D-E Pointed White-blue.......... aaB-ch-ddE- Pointed White-chocolate.......... aabbch-D-E- Pointed White-lilac.......... aabbch-ddE- |
| SELF GROUP Black.......... aaB-C-D-E- Blue.......... aaB-C-ddE- Chocolate.......... aabbC-D-E- Lilac.......... aabbC-ddE- Ruby Eyed White (REW).......... ----cc---- Blue Eyed White (BEW).......... ----------vv |
| SHADED GROUP Frosted Pearl-black.......... A-B-c(chd)-D-ee Frosted Pearl-blue.......... A-B-c(chd)-ddee Frosted Pearl-chocolate.......... A-bbc(chd)-D-ee Frosted Pearl-lilac.......... A-bbc(chd)-ddee **also known as Frosty in Holland Lops; can carry c(chl) but it is the c(chd) that gives the proper coloring Sable.......... aaB-c(chl)-D-E- Sable Point.......... aaB-c(chl)-D-ee Seal.......... aaB-c(chl)c(chl)D-E- Smoke Pearl.......... aaB-c(chl)-ddE- Tortoise-black.......... aaB-C-D-ee Tortoise-blue.......... aaB-C-ddee Tortoise-chocolate.......... aabbC-D-ee Tortoise-lilac.......... aabbC-ddee |
| WIDE BAND GROUP Fawn.......... A-B-C-D-ee Orange.......... A-B-C-D-ee Red.......... A-B-C-D-ee **The above are genetically the same, plus rufus modifiers that add to the fur intensity and thus deepens the color of each. Blow into the fur and notice how much color actually extends down the hair shaft, all the way to the skin (base color). The fawn will show less coloring than the orange, the orange less than the red. A true fawn would be of a dilute color with blue grey eyes in other breeds, in Lops we identify these as cream. These colors can also be chocolate based "bb" instead of black "B-", which then will give them a more "clean" appearance. Cream.......... A-B-C-ddee |
| TICKED GROUP *Silver/Silver Fox carry the recessive sisi AGOUTI STEELS Steel Chestnut Agouti (gold).......... A-B-C-D-Es- Steel Chinchilla Agouti (silver).......... A-B-c(chd)-D-Es- Steel Sable Chinchilla Agouti (silver).......... A-B-c(chl)-D-Es- Steel Opal Agouti (gold).......... A-B-C-ddEs- Steel Squirrel Agouti (silver).......... A-B-c(chd)-ddEs- Steel Smoke Pearl Chinchilla Agouti (silver)... A-B-c(chl)-ddEs- Steel Chocolate Agouti (gold).......... A-bbC-D-Es- Steel Chocolate Chinchilla Agouti (silver)... A-bbc(chd)-D-Es- Steel Lynx Agouti (gold).......... A-bbC-ddEs- Steel Lilac Chinchilla Agouti (silver).......... A-bbc(chd)-D-Es- SELF STEELS Steel Black (gold).......... aaB-C-D-Es- Steel Siamese Sable (silver).......... aaB-c(chl)-D-Es- Steel Blue (gold).......... aaB-C-ddEs- Steel Smoke Pearl (silver).......... aaB-c(chl)-ddEs- Steel Chocolate (gold).......... aabbC-D-Es- Steel Lilac (gold).......... aabbC-ddEs- Remember, the self steels may have very little to no ticking at all |
| BROKEN GROUP Charlie Marked......... EnEn Broken (spot or blanket).......... Enen Normal Color.......... enen Broken colored rabbit described as any color plus white. Tri-color/Calico-combining the broken & Harlequin genes White/Black/Gold.......... A-B-C-D-ej-Enen White/Blue/Fawn.......... A-B-C-ddej-Enen White/Chocolate/Gold.......... A-bbC-D-ej-Enen White/Lilac/Fawn.......... A-bbC-ddej-Enen |
| A = agouti at = tan a= self B= black b =chocolate C = full color c(chd) = chinchilla c(chl) = shaded ch = himilayan c = albino D = dense d = dilute Es = steel E = normal extension ej = brindling/harelquin e = non extension En = white spotting en = self Du = normal du = dutch V = normal v = vienna gene W = normal agouti w = doubles width of the agouti Si = normal si = silver |
| Genetic Codes From left to right of each row, the most dominant over the next. Recessive genes farthest right in each row |
| Colors with an asteric (*) are colors that are not accepted colors in Holland Lops as of 2001. |
| Genetic and color information quoted from the Standard of Perfection and Rabbit Coat Color Genetics by Glenna M Huffman |
| The Color Formerly Known As All of the colors listed on this page are the current recognized colors worded properly. In years past, colors have been eliminated and colors have been combined or renamed. These renamed colors should no longer be used when labeling colors of rabbits for their pedigrees. The colors are listed below are for referance and should be advised to all to use the correct term as seen in the Standard of Perfection. WAS KNOWN AS NOW KNOWN AS Blue Cream/Beige Blue Tort Isabella (Cream) Blue Tort Blue Fawn Blue Tort Lilac Cream Lilac Tort Siamese Smoke Pearl Smoke Pearl Dark Sable Seal Siamese Sable Cream (self) Lilac Point Squirrel* Blue Chinchilla* Sandy Chestnut Agouti Madagascar/Tort Black Tortoise/Tort Seal Point Sable Point Frosty/Frosted** Frosted Pearl** |
| *Note that in the Lop Color Guide, Squirrel was replaced with term Blue Chinchilla. However, Holland Lops have a seperate color guide and do use the term squirrel. **Note that in the Lop Color Guide, it states the color Frosted Pearl, but again, in Holland Lops they call this color Frosty |
| Additional accepted color in Holland Lops Only as of 2005 Black Otter.... at-B-C-D-E- Blue Otter....at-B-C-ddE- Chocolate Otter....at-bb-C-D-E- Lilac Otter....at-bbC-ddE- |
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| Each rabbit carries two genes on what is called the "allele". The rabbit receives only one gene from EACH parent for each allele. These two genes make up the allele for each "series". The series are listed in the above Genetic Code box, for example, the "A" series contains "A" for agouti, "at" for tan & "a" for self. Sometimes we know right up front about what genetics the rabbit has by physically looking at it, this is called it's "phenotype" and then the other "unknown" gene is represented by a blank {hyphen "-"}. We may also already know by the parents what genes are given to a rabbit for it's recessives. For example, the rabbit that is a self has the "aa", and can only pass on that "a" gene to all it's offspring, every time. For the rabbit that we can "physically" see as being an Agouti pattern animal "A", that has one self parent, will then have the genotype of "Aa". And so on, for the rest of the gene series. For further questions or interest in discussing/learning genetics, contact me! lotsalops96@comcast.net 815.757.4767 |
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| Proper Genetic Steels For the correct ticking of steel, it should be of an Agouti breeding and actually labeled as such. This will show heavy ticking all over the rabbit. When the Self (aa Es-) color produces steel, the ticking is barely seen, if not completely gone. Because of this, this type of steel can appear to just be a normal self colored rabbit, but genetically is a self steel. Confusion can come from the vague description listed in the Standard of Perfection color guide. Since both steels of the agouti and self genes are recognized and are grouped together in the Standard, this guide will hopefully define each color more clearly. Recognized tipping or ticking, is either gold or silver. In parenthesis is the color of tipping that that color should have. |
**YES, a Ruby Eyed White(REW) CAN BE BROKEN!! You only know this by actually breeding them to a solid. You can't visually see them being broken because it's hard to see where the lines of the white meet with the color of white! |