I would be interested also. I am working with redfactor/redcoat which ever it is. I did a test breeding to an anery het amel, stripe, hypo to an ultramel redfactor/redcoat het anery, diffused. And I may be wrong but in the clutch I had it seemed that the gene was shown more prevelant in the amels and the utlramel of the clutch. There was a couple normals that showed quite a bit of red. The anery and snows didn't show a drop of red.
Any input and expertise from anyone would be greatly appreciated.
In my opinion Red Coat Anerys are BLACK and Silver. Does Anery remove red or change it to Black. It may effect the different layers of red pigment on our Corns differently. I have seen post, where Rich Z questioned the effects of Anery in the same way that I do.
Breeding Trials for this gene/effect have not been done in a scientific way. I guess we need to start with a RC X Normal breeding, if there is such a thing as a Normal.
I can report visual results. Obviously I have been seeing something for years and picking them out of clutches and holding them back. What makes a Cayenne, when genetically it is the same as a Fire. There is something added to the Cayenne recipe. I believe it is RC and/or RF. Cayenne may be a RC Border-less, Diffused Amel, while a Fire is simply a Diffused Amel. We can add Maque to the recipe too.
Here are some very obvious examples which is evidence that RC does exist, but as far as how it is inherited, my best guess is just simple recessive. What makes a Bloodred as opposed to a Diffused? Some Bloodreds are obviously more red than others.
Here is are two examples of RC vs Diffused, or RC Bloodred vs Bloodred. They are the RC Bloodred het Lava(Father of Lava PS vs Bloodred het Opal, RC Bloodred het Striped Charcoal vs Bloodred het Opal. RC Motley(From Champagne line) vs Motley het Butter Lavender, RC Sunkissed vs Sunkissed, and same RC Sunkissed at six months.
Notice how the RC covering obscures the pattern underneath and is an obvious layer of red right on top of all other colors. RC does show itself on Amels, Ultramels, Bloodreds, Lavas and Sunkissed, or Corns from Okeetee lines better than on other lines. Anery RC may be Black, and RC Butters, may have a coating of tangerine color.
I do not have the definitive answers you would like. I will not sell a Het RC, only a visual one. Why are Anerys so different in appearance. When Amel or Lava is added to the mix, it seems to open a window to a layer of red/pink underneath the top layer. This may be true of Sunkissed as well, or all hypomelanistic and Amels, which do remove some melanin or black.
I have been ask many times which RC genes match up. I believe RF and Neons match and RC and Champagnes match. Strawberry is the cause of Salmons, and Corals are Straw/Hypo. I am not so sure that a Hypo Snow is very pink at all. Are Hypo Lavs pink due to Hypo, or Strawberry or Straw/Hypo combo? Do RC Lavenders exist as Pink Lavs, or are they different than pink Hypo Lavs?
I do believe that RC is in several lines, and I have matched it up in Normals from Lavender, Okeetee, Lava, Sunkissed and Bloodred.
