Listing of Genes By series in order of dominance

The "A" Series - The Pattern Genes -
A	Agouti pattern of banded Hair	Has tan, fawn or white eye circles, triangle feet, legs, lacing, and a white belly	Chestnut, Opal, Lynx, Chinchilla
a^t	Tan Pattern	Lacks the banding of agouti hair but has tan, fawn or white eye circles, triangle, feet, legs, lacing, and a white belly.	Martins, Tans, Otters
a	Self-color (no pattern)	Hair is one solid color.	Black, Blue, Chocolate
The "B" Series - Black & Brown -
B	Black	In an agouti rabbit it produces the black band. In a self-color rabbit it produces a black rabbit.	Chinchilla, Black Silver Martin, Black
b	Brown (chocolate)	In an agouti rabbit it produces the brown band. In a self-color rabbit it produces a chocolate rabbit.	Lynx, Chocolate Otter, Chocolate
The "C" Series - Full, Chin, Pointed White and Albino -
C	Full Color Development	Allows all 4 dark and all 3 yellow pigments to be present.	Black
c^chd	Dark Chinchilla Shading	Allows all 4 dark and 1 of the 3 yellow pigments to be present. Area becomes white or pearl. This gene is dominant over the following c genes.	Chinchilla
c^chl	Light Chinchilla Shading	Allows 2 of 4 dark and no yellow pigments to be present. This causes a shading effect to the coat.	Sable, Smoke Pearl
c^h	Pointed White	Causes dark extremities (points) which include the ears, nose, feet, and tail. Produces red eyes with other c^h or c. Incompletely dominant over c.	Himalayan
c	Albino	Blocks all other colors - must carry 2 c genes!	Ruby Eyed White
The "D" Series - Dense & Dilute -
D	Dense Coat Color	Produces the full shade of color. Causes eyes to be brown.	Black, Orange, Chocolate
d	Diluted Coat Color	Changes black to blue, Chocolate to lilac, chestnut to opal, orange to fawn. Causes eyes to be blue grey.	Blue, Lilac, Opal, Fawn
The "E" Series - The Color Extension Genes -
E^s	Steel	In agoutis, it covers the middle band with the dark pigment and darkens the agouti markings: eye circles, triangle, feet, legs, and lacing but leaves the white guard hair.	Steel
E	Normal extension of pigment	Working with the C series of genes, it allows the complete expression of the dark brown pigment.	Black, Chocolate
E^j	Japanese bridling	Works with the agouti gene to cause the black and yellow colors to be arranged in a real instead on individual hairs in a mosaic pattern.	Harlequin, Rhinelander (with En genes)
e	Non-extension pigment	Working with the C gene, and the rufus modifiers, this gene removes all or most of the dark pigment, leaving yellow, orange or white.	Sable Point, Tort, Orange, Fawn
The "V" Series - Vienna White Genes -
V	Vienna White	Normal Coat Color
v	Vienna White	When both recessive v genes are present, it creates a white rabbit with blue eyes.	Blue Eyed White. BEW Sport
The "W" Series - Wide Band Genes -
W	Normal Width of the middle yellow or white agouti band	Normal Coat Color
w	Doubles Width of the middle yellow or white agouti band	Colors the agouti pattern areas: eye circles, triangle at nape of neck, feet, legs, inside of ears, and belly.	Tan
The "Du" Series - Dutch Marking Genes -
Du	Non-Dutch Marking	Causes the animal to be of normal color with no Dutch markings
du	Dutch Marking	Causes the presence of Dutch typed markings when paired together	Dutch
The "En" Series - English Spotting Genes -
En	English Spotting	Produces a broken pattern. EnEn causes spotting on the head. Can also work with the C and V genes.	English Spot, Broken Rabbits
en	non-English Spotting	Produces a solid pattern.
The "Si" Series - Silver Genes -
Si	Non-Silver coloring	Produces a normal coats.
si	Silver Coloring	produces "silvered" coats	Champagne D' Argent, Silver, Silver Fox

Article written by Mindy Borer
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