Black NZ x Cali
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TheRabbitNewbee
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does the black NZ carry broken black genes?
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Bunnylady
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They'd have to be. Solid can't carry broken, because broken is dominant - if the rabbit has a broken gene, you will see it (the rabbit will be a broken). Two broken rabbits can have a solid baby, but two solids never have a broken. The only exception to that would be if one of the "solids" was a completely white rabbit, like a REW. Since a white rabbit has no color in its coat, how could you tell if it had a gene that took color out of some parts of its coat?
TheRabbitNewbee
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From what I understand crossing a black and a Californian you would get a Californian with enlarged markings.
Bunnylady
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Ummmmmmmm . . . . Sorry, but this is not correct. If you crossed a Cali to a New Zealand White, you'd get a Cali with smaller markings. Crossing a Black to a Cali could give you solid black, or Steel, or maybe Chestnut, but the only way you'd get Cali's would be if the black was carrying a gene for REW, in which case some of the babies would be black or Steel, and some Cali's with smaller markings.
TheRabbitNewbee
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I'm sorry. I guess my understanding is not corect. This whole rabbit genetics thing is so complicated
