Breeding Myths In Cats
Learn about the most commonly held myths and misconceptions about feline genetics and breeding, including what each says and why it is a myth.
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Breeding Techniques For Cat Breeders
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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Coat Color, Part 1: The Black Gene & The Red Gene
If you struggle to understand coat color inheritance in cats, this article is the first in a nine-part series that will teach you everything you need to know about color genetics of cats. We begin with discussing the Black gene and the Red gene. These are the foundation colors from which all other color of cats come.
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Coat Color, Part 2: The Chocolate Gene
Part 2 in our series about coat colors genetics in cats discusses the Chocolate gene. This recessive gene changes the color black to a dark or medium brown.
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Coat Color, Part 3: The Dilute Gene
Shimmering blues, pale creams and lilacs, and stunning blue-creams and lilac-creams are each part of the dilute coat universe in cats. Learn how a double dose of the recessive dilute gene produces these wonderful colors.
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Coat Color, Part 4: The Agouti (Tabby) Gene
Breeders often speak of a "tabby" gene, when it should more correctly be called the Agouti gene. It is the Agouti gene that creates visual tabby cats.
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Coat Color, Part 5: The Spotting (Bicolor) Gene
The spotting gene is more commonly referred to as the bicolor gene by cat breeders. The dominant spotting gene produces some of the most colorful coats in the feline fancy.
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Coat Color, Part 6: The Inhibitor Gene
The Inhibitor gene "inhibits" color from the root of the hair. This means the root of the hair is white while the tip is colored. It is the Inhibitor gene that produces smoke, shaded, and shell cats. For this reason, the Inhibitor gene is often referred to as a Smoke or Shaded gene.
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Coat Color, Part 7: The Colorpoint Gene
The recessive colorpoint gene produces darker colors on a cat's extremities, creating the iconic coat color of a Himalayan or Siamese cat.
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Coat Color, Part 8: Silvers & Goldens
Of all the colors or divisions of Persians, the genetics of the Silver and Golden Persians is probably the least understood by those who do not work with these colors. These beautiful colors are a combination of genes working together to produce an overall effect.
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