In addition, dominant white (W), which is associated with blue eye colour and deafness in the cat, may be allelic to white spotting (Whiting 1919 Bergsma & Brown 1971) however, epistasis has complicated allele assignments.” Solid (self) colors (recessive ss) These other white presentations are anticipated to be allelic to ventral white (Whiting 1919). Various other white spotting phenotypes show spotting at the ventral midline, such as lockets and belly spots, or white at the extremities, such as gloves and mittens.
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Full solid colour (ss) is recessive, while the 'van pattern', in which colour is limited to the head and tail regions, is postulated as homozygous SS (Kuhn & Kroning 1928). This ventral white pattern, known as bicolour by cat fanciers, is considered to be dominant to solid colour, with an additive effect of the dominant allele. Heterozygous animals (Ss) have a ventral white pattern (Whiting 1919), not spots, as the name would suggest. “In cats, the white spotting locus (S), appears to affect melanocyte migration. Ventral white spotting is inherited as a separate trait from overall coat color. The ventral portion of the cat is the chin, neck and belly. The cat is one color, called “self” in the UK, and “solid” in the USA. White pattern (called spotting) caused by the S gene The "silver tabby" has black stripes on a white ground color. The "cream tabby" has beige or sand colored stripes on a pale cream ground color, giving it a pastel effect. This cat is a classic tabby, with broad blotches of color on its sides, rather than the thin stripes of the mackerel tabby. The orange stripes may be dark reddish orange, or light "marmalade" orange.Īn exotic shorthair cat with a cream tabby coat. The red tabby has orange stripes on a cream ground color. The gray stripes may be a dark slate gray, or a lighter blue-gray. The "blue tabby" has gray stripes on a grayish or buff ground color.
The black stripes may be coal black, or a little bit brownish. The "brown tabby" has black stripes on a brownish or grayish ground color. The ground color (also called "the agouti hairs" will b a faded gray in some and a rich orange in others. The background colors in tabbies varies tremendously from cat to cat, even of the same tabby color. Tabbies come in many different colors, best determined by checking the colors of any stripes as well as the color of the tail tip - which should match. Many people refer to pet cats with this mackerel tabby pattern as being a "tiger" cat. The "mackerel tabby" has narrow stripes that run in parallel lines down its sides. A few of this cat's stripes are broken into quadralateral blotches, this pattern -the blotches only, without the stripes- is what's seen in one sort of spotted tabby. Some brown tabbies have a more distinctly brown background color- all have the black stripes. The last two tabbies, spotted and ticked, do not have body stripes, but only stripes on the head and face.Ī "classic tabby" (called "blotched tabby" in the UK) cat has thick irregular side stripes, that make a bold swirled pattern (like marble pound cake).Ī brown mackerel tabby, notice the black stripes, thin along the cat's sides, and the grey ground color. Two of the tabby patterns, classic and mackerel, also involve stripes on the body. Every one of the of tabby patterns includes tabby markings on the face and so these lines, that so remind some people of tattoos or make-up, are of no help in distinguishing one tabby pattern from another. All tabby patterns involve some sort of striping, and each can be most easily identified by the appearance of cat's fur on the sides of its body.
In house cats, the "default" pattern to the coat is a tabby pattern, or more precisely, one of four tabby patterns. 7 X-linked color genes: - tortoiseshell and calico cats.6.2 Points can be "self" (solid) or have patterns (tabby).
6.1 Points can have different colors, and different shadings.6 Partial albino: Point coloration and temperature dependent tyrosinase.3 White pattern (called spotting) caused by the S gene.
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