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Markings pattern: Mackerel tabby. The markings to the ground pattern contrast must be extreme and distinct, giving a clear, sharply edged pattern. Body markings: Body stripes shall generally be vertically aligned with encircling markings on neck, legs, and tail. Bold, braided, and non-uniform stripes are preferred.
So a cat with a T m T m or T m T b genotype sets the basic pattern of thin stripes (mackerel tabby) that underlies the coat, while a T b T b cat will express a classic tabby coat pattern with thick bands and a ring or concentric stripes on its sides. The ticked tabby pattern is a result of a different allele at the same gene locus as the ...
A 2010 study suggests that spotted coats are caused by the modification of mackerel stripes, and may cause varying phenotypes such as "broken mackerel" tabbies via multiple loci. If the genes are Sp/Sp or Sp/sp the tabby coat will be spotted or broken. If it is an sp/sp gene, the tabby pattern will remain either mackerel or blotched.
All Western coat colours and patterns are genetically possible in the breed, such as tabby, solid, tortoiseshell, and bicolour. However, the most common colour in the Siberian cat breed is black (brown) mackerel tabby. [6] [7] The Western coat colours are white, black, blue, red, and cream.
A novel by Caroline Alexander, Mrs. Chippy's Last Expedition: The Remarkable Journal of Shackleton's Polar-Bound Cat, was published by Bloomsbury in 1997. The book provides an account of Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, covering the period 15 January 1914 to 29 October 1915, in the form of a journal written from Mrs. Chippy’s point of view. [7]
It was the woman's mission to find the Dachshund a home before the holidays. And what better way to do so than by sharing a video of the dog in his kennel and giving him an introduction to the ...
In 2013 the GCCF recognised the Aztec as a separate breed. The Aztec is a mackerel tabby coated version of the Ocicat that would often occur in litters but not meet the standard of the Ocicat as it called for spotted cats only. Aside from the coat it is otherwise identical to the Ocicat. [9]
A domestic long-haired tabby and white bicolor cat This domestic long-haired cat appears to be of partial Persian ancestry, with a relatively flat nose and fine hair. Semi Longhaired Ginger, Black and White Torbie. Domestic long-haireds come in all genetically possible cat colors including tabby, tortoiseshell, bicolor cat, and smoke. Domestic ...