Gene
Long hair (l), the angora or wool gene, is a recessive coat gene of the rabbit. Two copies give the wool of angora breeds and of fuzzy kits in Holland Lop lines, and reported hair growth in angora rabbits can last about thirteen weeks; one copy is carried unseen. A change in the FGF5 gene is the likely cause.
Rabbits show Long Hair (l) only with two copies. One copy makes a carrier, which looks normal but can pass Long Hair (l) on.
Breeders sometimes say carriers have slightly longer or denser fur; peer-reviewed sources describe no carrier effect.
Long hair is inherited close to English spotting, so wool and the broken pattern often travel together in a line.
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