Backed Into A Corner
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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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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Genetic Terms For The Cat Breeder
Knowing the terminology used in a discussion about genetics is the first step towards understanding the principles of feline heredity.
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Inbreeding Coefficients, Part 1: An Overview
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
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
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
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)
A breeder of Japanese Bobtails shares her experience with balancing inbreeding and outcrossing to benefit her breeding program.
Inbreeding Of Cats In Nature
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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