Not exact matches
The mutation was found in a gene called
Agouti, which helps control coat
colour in many mammals.
The fur of the Jersey Wooly is available in the
agouti, pointed white, self, shaded and tan pattern
colour groups.
The
colour of a Sibes nose depends on the coat
colour being black in grey, black and
agouti dogs, liver -
coloured in red and copper dogs and flesh -
coloured in pure white dogs.
This
colour contains the
Agouti gene which gives each individual hair a range of shades and produces a rich depth of
colouring in the coat.
Cavy
colours are classed in 3 sections —
Agouti (the hair has several different bands of
colour), Self -
coloured (solid
colour) and cavies with markings (combinations of
colours in marks on the coat).
By 2020 we would like to have completed blood type testing, as well as just for fun testing on coat length,
agouti, albinosim (colourpointing), coat
colour, and with white markings.
Because they are so recently domesticated, there are few
colour variations available beyond the usual wild greyish - tan
agouti coloration.
The background
colour is an
agouti pattern, meaning that each individual hair has several bands of
colour along its length.