Coat Color and Pattern Genetics of the Domestic Cat (Felis catus)

3/4/98


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Coat Color and Pattern Genetics of the Domestic Cat (Felis catus)

Cat Genetics Illustrate Several Genetic Principals

The Ancestral Cat

The Wild Type Cat

The Agouti Gene

The Black Locus

Non-agouti Black

Non-agouti Brown

Tabby Striping Pattern

Tabby Striping Pattern

Tabby Striping Pattern

Tabby Striping Pattern

The Orange Locus

Tortoiseshell Cat

Calico Cat

Orange Epistatic to Agouti

Tabby Pattern in Orange Cats

Tabby Pattern in Orange Cats

Dilute, D, Gene

I,The Silver Gene

The Color Extension C Locus

Siamese Cat

Burmese

Tonkinese

The Spotting Locus

The Spotting Locus

The Spotting Locus

The White Locus

W Shows Dominant Epistasis

Pleiotropy

Pleiotropy

Pleiotropy

Tail Length Gene

Tail Length Gene

Pleiotropy—Recessive Lethal

Fur Length

Fur Length

Fur Length

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What Kind of Cat is This?

What Kind of Cat is This?

What Kind of Cat is This?

What Kind of Cat is This?

What Kind of Cat is This?

What Kind of Cat is This?

What Kind of Cat is This?

What Kind of Cat is This?

Polydactyl Mutation

What Kind of Cat is This?

What Kind of Cat is This?

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Author: Nan Hampton

Email: enhampton@mail.utexas.edu