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Non-extension (e)

Non-extension (e)

Gene

Non-extension (e) is the bottom allele of the rabbit extension gene, MC1R. Two copies leave only yellow or red pigment over the back, giving orange, red and fawn agouti colors and the tortoiseshell on a self rabbit. It is recessive to every other extension allele and is a 30 base pair deletion in MC1R.

How Non-extension (e) works

Non-extension (e) is part of the Extension series: Dominant Black (ED), Steel (Es), Normal Extension (E), Harlequin (ej), Non-extension (e). It shows only with two copies and is hidden by Dominant Black (ED), Steel (Es), Normal Extension (E) and Harlequin (ej).

Class
Recessive
One copy
Carries non-extension (one e)
Two copies
Non-extension (e/e)
Symbol
e
Part of

What it looks like

Illustrations of typical animals, checked against the sources below. Not photos of DNA-tested animals.

Chestnut agouti Holland Lop on a plain domestic garden lawn.
Chestnut agoutiAgouti with normal extension.
Orange Holland Lop on a plain domestic garden lawn.
OrangeNon-extension (e/e) on an agouti rabbit. A rabbit with one ej and one e copy can look similar.
Black self Holland Lop on a plain domestic garden lawn.
BlackSelf with normal extension.
Tortoiseshell Holland Lop on a plain domestic garden lawn.
TortoiseshellNon-extension (e/e) on a self rabbit.

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