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Rex Coat (r1)

Rex Coat (r1)

Gene

Rex (r1) is a recessive coat gene of the rabbit. Two copies give the rex coat, and rex rabbits are reported to have curly whiskers; one copy is carried unseen. A one-base deletion in LIPH has been identified in studied r1 rabbits. Two other rex genes (r2 and r3) are known, so rex rabbits from different lines may not share the same gene.

How Rex Coat (r1) works

Rabbits show Rex Coat (r1) only with two copies. One copy makes a carrier, which looks normal but can pass Rex Coat (r1) on.

Class
Recessive
One copy
Carries rex (one r1)
Two copies
Rex coat (r1/r1)
Symbol
r1

What it looks like

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

Head and shoulder control with normal longer guard hairs and straight whiskers, in Mini Rex body type.
Normal coatNormal coat (no rex copies or one).
Matched black Mini Rex close portrait with short plush coat and curled whiskers.
Rex coatRex coat (r1/r1); rex rabbits are reported to have curly whiskers.

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