The Non-Extension gene

The last gene, is the non-extension gene, it is the most recessive gene in the "E" series. It is what turns a chestnut into an orange, an opal becomes a fawn, a black rabbit becomes a tort...a siamese sable will become a sable point. An orange rabbit is an "agouti", woops...what is this, there is nothing in the B series..why is that? Well, an orange can be either [B] or [b] what some breeders do is they breed the chocolate gene into their oranges in order to decrease the amount of smut that their oranges have. A "chocolatized" orange is just as showable as a non-chocolate orange and has the following genetic code:

[A][?]-[?][?]-[C][?]-[D][?]-[e][e]

Here's the genetic code for a fawn, again either gene can be in the "B" series.

[A][?]-[?][?]-[C][?]-[d][d]-[e][e]

If you noticed a fawn is just a "diluted" orange rabbit (the D series)...or he could also be known as a "non-extended" opal (the E series).

If you add the non extension gene to a siamese sable, you get a sable point that has the following genetic code:

[a][a]-[B][?]-[c(chl)][?]-[D][?]-[e][e]

A tort is also a "non-extended" animal, and he is genetically a "self", "black", "full-color", "non-dilute", "non-extended" rabbit.

[a][a]-[B][?]-[C][?]-[D][?]-[e][e]

That's it! All of the basic genes! Now, test your knowledge with my quiz...i'm warning you it's rough, but I hope you will go away knoing a whole lot about these genes and how they work!

The Agouti gene|The Black/Chocolate gene
The Full Color gene|The chin gene|The shaded gene | The Himalayan gene | The REW gene | The Dilute Gene | The Steel Gene | The Extension Gene | The Non-Extension Gene | Next-The final exam! 1