Basic Color Genetics: Chocolate

It has been a while that we discussed color genetics.   Let's do a review of the basic chocolate gene, b.

This is a chocolate English Angora junior doe.   The color is quite "brown" when it's young.   The color genes are aabbC-D-E-      It's a non-agouti pattern, with chocolate genes, full colored, it's a dense color and the color is extended to the entire body.

The same English Angora chocolate doe, now senior.   With the sunlight and the length of the wool, the color is lighter, but it is not a dilute.