The genetic base of the havana-sallander color variety of the Szekler Rabbit ( Oryctolagus cuniculus ).

Rabbit Genetics

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关键词: polyphyletic;    O. cuniculus;    taxon;    color variety.;   

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学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: Bioflux SRL

【 摘 要 】

In the last 1.5 decade in Romania has launched a few very important breeding programmes inthe field of rabbit breeding. Namely three rabbit breeds were created in a period of ten years (this periodrepresents the time from the start of the first project until the three breeds were officially recognized bythe Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development through the National Livestock Production Agency"Prof. Dr. K. G. Constantinescu"). Before 2016 Romania had no certified rabbit breed. The three rabbitbreeds we are talking about are: Rabbit of Cluj, Giant of Transylvania and the Szekler Rabbit. The latter(Szekler Rabbit) has its breed standard published in 2016, were three color variety is mentioned (theblack sallander, the havana-sallander, and the blue-sallander color variety). The creation of the blacksallander Szekler Rabbit was previously described in 2015. So far there is no publication concerning thecreation/development of the havana-sallander and the blue-sallander color variety. Therefore the presentpaper aims to describe in detail, step by step the havana color variety breeding programme. Brieflyhavana-sallander Szekler Rabbit descends from the black sallander Szekler Rabbits, which was infusedwith havana color gene (bb). The infusion crossings involved the French Lop and Giant Papillon (the solidcolor variety) and California (havana-himalaya) breeds certainly all of them havana colored. During thebreeding programme, beside the new/external blood infusion through the three breeds mentioned(havana gene carriers) also consaguinization was used in order to stabilize the color pattern. From here itcan be deduced that the havana-sallander Szekler Rabbit has a polyphyletic origin. Although the havanasallanderSzekler Rabbit is a very recent creation, it is already present in the rabbit shows, attaining verypromising results even in a national show in Romania in 2017.

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