Is Pippin part hotot?

[jcottonl02]

A defining characterist of hotot is the "black eyeliner", so do you think that my Pippin is partly hotot in breed?

Thanks guys- every day I'm getting closer to determining my two buns exact breeds LOL!!! Good luck Jen

 

[Flashy]

I don't know why I replied, lol, I don't know anything, so I just edited it out.

 

[jcottonl02]

Lol!! that's really funny. Well thanks for replying anyways.

 

[pamnock]

It's more likely that Pippin is a "charlie" (homozygous broken gene). I had a holland lop that look identical to yours.

Pam

 

[jcottonl02]

What does that mean? Anything to do with hotot or not at all?

 

[Flashy]

I didn't want anyone to laugh at me for saying the wrong thing. I wasn't too far off with what I said though, lol. Sorry. Didn't mean to mess with your thread.

 

[bunnybunbunb]

Looks more like a charlie. Basicly two broken(like color and white) rabbits where bred and in Pippin the broken gene from both parents came out making more white than color. Pippin has two broken genes insted of one.

 

[jcottonl02]

Oh no you didn't it's fine. I just thought u sounded quite witty. I was gonna say- you probs are very knowledgable bout most things to do with buns!

Nobody here wuld laugh at you for saying the wrong thing. I think thats pretty mean. Anyways its just opinion to do with breeds

 

[jcottonl02]

Oh wow okay. Like.....a mongrel bun? lol.

 

[tonyshuman]

It's not a mongrel breed. I don't know what your background in biology is, but let's say the gene for having spots is B. The gene for not having spots is b. B is dominant over b, so if you have both (Bb) the bunny will have spots. You have to have bb (one little b from each parent) to be solid-colored.

Pippin's parents were probably both brokens (Bb). If you cross them, and each parent contributes one letter, that means 1/4 will be BB, 1/2 will be Bb, and 1/4 will be bb. Pippin is a BB, so he's double broken, which shows up as a bunny with very few spots. It often looks like English Spot (in fact that's a less common breed, although SO many bunnies in shelters are called "english spots" when they're really just brokens or charlies).

 

[jcottonl02]

Ah yes I see. So as both are either dominant (BB) or recessive (bb) they will both be expressed in his phenotype?

I get it Thanks that makes sense.

 

[pamnock]

jcottonl02 wrote:

Ah yes I see. So as both are either dominant (BB) or recessive (bb) they will both be expressed in his phenotype?

I get it Thanks that makes sense.

Broken is dominant (En - English Spotting gene), but does not completely mask the expression of (en) solid. The homozygous spot generally produces a minimal color pattern.

Dwarf Hotots are also homozygous broken, but have the Dutch belting gene as well.

Pam

 

[jcottonl02]

Wow how interesting. Maybe I should go into bunny genetics



Ur very knowledgable. How u know so much?

 

[pamnock]

jcottonl02 wrote:

Wow how interesting. Maybe I should go into bunny genetics



Ur very knowledgable. How u know so much?

The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know

Pam

 

[jcottonl02]

Well I'll be getting a good grounding on animal genetics at University- I'll be doing Zoology in september.

 

[LadyBug]

aww, that's so cute with the eyes and the ears! i love the first photo

 

[jcottonl02]

Aww thanks. That was when he was a teensy babby. He was so so tiny. He's grown a lot since then! He was so so bony when I got him too- I was quite worried about him for about two weeks after I got him, and then he started plumping out into the big squishy gorgeousity he is now