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Pinkears1979

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My Sable doe has given birth to 7 lovely mini lops this morning. Annabelle is a dark sable, mainly black and then brown along the sides. The buck is a fawn colour. I went research crazy with genetics but then can never be 100% sure.

First question is what do you think their genetic coding would be?

And second , what are the likely baby outcomes? They look quite a mix! 😊 thanks
 

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Being Siamese sable, Annabelle will be aaB_c(chl)cD_E_.
Your buck appears to be a Vienna marked fawn, with a lot of white Vienna markings. This would make him A_B_C_ddee and with the Vienna added, Vv.

As you can see from the _ underscores, information about what other recessives they may carry isn't known, so it's not easy to guess the offsprings' colour, but I would think Agouti (Chestnut in the USA) is the most likely. Some will have some white spotting from the Vienna gene.

Black is possible if the Fawn carries self, a. Opal and blue may appear if the Sable carries dilute. Depending on that the Fawn has on the C locus, you might get REW, sable, or sable agouti. You could potentially get Orange if Annabelle carries non-extension, e.
 
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