Backed Into A Corner
January 5, 2021
If all the cats in a breeding program are related, the breeders will soon realize that they have backed themselves into a corner.
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Inbreeding and Coefficients in Cats
Breeding Techniques For Cat Breeders
November 9, 2017
When a cattery owner plans a mating of two individual cats, she examines their pedigrees to determine if the pedigree of their resulting offspring will be inbred, linebred or outcrossed. Each type of breeding has different advantages and disadvantages.
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Hybrid Vigor In Cats
April 14, 2024
Whether breeding carnations, cattle or cats, every breeder must understand the meaning and implication of hybrid vigor in their breeding program.
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Inbreeding Coefficients, Part 1: An Overview
February 5, 2023
An Inbreeding Coefficient (IC) is the same as a Coefficient of Inbreeding (COI). Regardless of which name you use, the cat breeder needs to understand what it is and how to apply COIs in your breeding program. This is the first article in a three-part series that will help you understand more.
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Inbreeding Coefficients, Part 2: Calculating ICs
February 5, 2023
This is the second article in a three-part series about Inbreeding Coefficients (ICs). In this article we discuss how to determine the ICs for your own breeding program, with emphasis on how to decide how many generations to go back in a pedigree when making your calculations..
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Inbreeding Coefficients, Part 3: Using ICs In A Breeding Program
February 5, 2023
This is the third article in a three-part series about Inbreeding Coefficients (ICs). In this article we discuss how to determine the ICs for your cats, and how to use them to help you determine the best mating pairs in own breeding program.
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Inbreeding Explained
December 1, 2025
Do you understand inbreeding? Do you know the positive aspects? The dangers? Should you plan an inbred mating? Learn the answers to these questions and more.
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Inbreeding In Cats (A Personal Point of View)
October 16, 2022
A breeder of Japanese Bobtails shares her experience with balancing inbreeding and outcrossing to benefit her breeding program.
Inbreeding Of Cats In Nature
February 16, 2013
While many animal behaviors in nature have evolved to avoid inbreeding, there are examples in the big cat populations of Africa that shows that inbreeding frequently occurs in the wild cats. What can domestic cat breeders learn from studying these felines?
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