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By Roy Robinson and G. A. Kerkut (Auth.)

ISBN-10: 0080212093

ISBN-13: 9780080212098

The technology of genetics has a lot to provide to either the speculation and perform of breeding. This variation comprises advancements and outlines of latest breed and color kinds

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Just about everything, in fact, in the life of the cat. Genes and Alleles The gene may be visualized as a minute portion of a chromosome and each chromosome consists of some thousands of genes. The genes are highly complex chemical structures, each neatly dove-tailing into one another to build up the chromosome (the genetic code and its develop­ ment). However, a little dated, though apt, simile of the chromosome is that of a string of beads; each bead representing a gene and, the whole string, the chromosome.

Secondly, all of the BC tabbies will be carriers of black by virtue of their parentage. In this respect, they can be viewed as heterozygotes on par to the Fi individual. The existence of both homozygous and heterozygous tabbies in F 2 32 GENETICS FOR CAT BREEDERS Gametes from tabby Ao A σ Ao aa Tabby Black ΕΞ FIG. 4 . The expectatioin from mating Fi heterozygous tabby to a black; to illus­ trate the 1 : 1 ratio of tabby: black. means that it is impossible to write down the genotype by mere inspection of the phenotype.

The cat with the greatest number of recessive genes is the lilac Siamese of geno­ type aabbc'c'dd. If to this is added the gene for long hair, the Lilac Colourpoint will result, of genotype aabbc'cfssddll Or, a Cornish rex version could be produced, of genotype aabbc'c^ddrr. From crosses between these, the Lilac Siamese long haired Cornish rex of aabbc^c^ddllrr could be derived. Phenotypically, this animal is of Lilac Siamese colora­ tion, with the fine hair and curved whiskers of the long hair rex.

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