Genetics

White Marking Gene

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The white markings that produce bicolor cats is a simple dominate gene, that I will explain in detail below.

Bicolor Patterns

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Inspirations taken from Cedarseed's amazing Guide to Cat Colors.

Genes

S: White Marked. (Dominate)
s: Solid. (Recessive)

Genotype: Phenotype (Picture Correlation)

SS: Van/High White cat. (Images 7B-10)
Ss: Bicolor/Medium White cat. (Images 2-7B)
ss: Solid/No White cat. (Image 1)

Breeding

Cats carry two copies of each gene. When two cats breed, they pass one copy of that gene onto their offspring. Below are the crosses of the various levels of white marking.

Van (SS) x Van (SS) Van (SS) x Bicolor (Ss)
Van
(SS) Cat
Van
(SS) Cat
100% (SS)
Van
Van
(SS) Cat
Bicolor
(Ss) Cat
50% (SS)
Van
50% (Ss)
Bicolor



Van (SS) x Solid (ss) Bicolor (Ss) x Solid (ss)
Van
(SS) Cat
Solid
(ss) Cat
100% (Ss)
Bicolor
Bicolor
(Ss) Cat
Solid
(ss) Cat
50% (Ss)
Bicolor
50% (ss)
Solid



Solid (ss) x Solid (ss)
Solid
(ss) Cat
Solid
(ss) Cat
100% (ss)
Solid


Click here to see the above breedings in Punnet Squares

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