Genecodes for genetic pigmentation Maine Coon
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Basic colors black or red. |
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Genotype |
Notes |
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Oy |
Red |
Male |
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oy |
Black |
Male |
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OO |
Red |
Female |
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Oo |
Blacktortie |
Female |
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oo |
Black |
Female |
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The agouti-gene, turns on or off visibility of the pattern. |
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Genotype |
Notes |
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AA |
The cat is tabby |
Homozygous, all kittens without exception will be tabby from this cat. |
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Aa |
The cat is tabby/Carries solid |
Heterozygous, offsprings can eigher become tabby or solid, depending on the other parent. |
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aa |
Non tabby/Solid |
Mated with another solid cat the offsprings will always become solid. But with a parent who is Aa the kittens can be either solid or tabby. |
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Genes for tabby |
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Genotype |
Notes |
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McMc |
Mackerel Tabby |
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Mcmc |
Mackerel tabby, carrier of classictabby |
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mcmc |
Classic tabby |
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Genes who modify the normal tabby-genes |
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Genotype |
Notes |
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SpSp |
Spotted |
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Spsp |
Spotted, carrier of non spotted |
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spsp |
non spotted |
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TT |
Ticked Tabby |
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Tt |
Ticked tabby, carrier of non ticked tabby. |
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tt |
Not ticked tabby |
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Dilution |
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Genotype |
Notes |
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DD |
Not diluted/not carrier |
Will not be able to get any diluted kittens. |
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Dd |
not diluted, carrier |
If the other parent is carrier or diluted itself this cat cat can get diluted kittens. |
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dd |
Diluted |
Will with another diluted only get diluted kittens, with a carrier the offsprings can be either diluted or full color, if the other parent is DD all offsprings will be full color (not diluted), but they will all be carriers |
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Whitespotting |
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Genotype |
Notes |
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WW |
White |
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Wws |
White, carrier of whitespot. |
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Ww |
White, not carrier of whitespot. |
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wsws |
Whitespot |
Different grades are: Van, Harlequin, Bicolor |
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wsw |
Whitespot |
Bicolor or indefinite amount (09) |
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ww |
Not white/Not whitespot |
This cat got no white |
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Silver |
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Genotype |
Notes |
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II |
Silver |
Homozygous silver, all offspring will become silver |
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Ii |
Silver |
Heterozygous silver, offsprings will be either silver or non silver |
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ii |
Not silver |
No offsprings will be silver unless the other parent is silver. |
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Wideband gene |
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Genotyp |
Notering |
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WbWb |
Homozygous wideband |
Tipped (Silver Shell, Golden shell) |
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Wbwb |
Heterozygous wideband |
Tipped (Silver Shaded, Golden tabby, Golden shaded) |
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wbwb |
Not wideband |
Normal pattern no wideband |
