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The colorpoint pattern is most commonly associated with Siamese cats, but due to crossbreeding may also appear in any (non-pedigree) domesticated cat. A colorpoint cat has dark colors on the face, ears, feet, and tail, with a lighter version of the same color on the rest of the body, and possibly some white.
Chelsea Clinton's cat Socks (1989–2009) lived in the White House from 1993 to 2001. Socks was a bicolour cat with low-grade spotting, or tuxedo cat.. A bicolor cat (also bi-colour cat or Tuxedo Cat) is a cat with white fur combined with fur of some other colour, for example, solid black, tabby, or colourpointed. [1]
Cat genetics describes the study of inheritance as it occurs in domestic cats. In feline husbandry it can predict established traits ( phenotypes ) of the offspring of particular crosses. In medical genetics , cat models are occasionally used to discover the function of homologous human disease genes.
The cats’ name comes from a candy in Finland, where the distinct coloring was first spotted. A novel gene mutation gives rise to the fur pattern, researchers found.
A fifth pattern is formed by any of the four basic patterns being included as part of a patched pattern. A patched tabby is a cat with calico or tortoiseshell markings combined with patches of tabby coat (such cats are called caliby and torbie, respectively, in cat fancy). [1] All five patterns have been observed in random-bred populations.
English: Six bicolor-cat patterns with English labels, translated from File:Cat pattern - Bicolor (french).svg Français : Les différents noms du motif bicolore chez le chat avec des étiquettes en anglais, traduit de File:Cat pattern - Bicolor (french).svg
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Ocicat – a spotted cat originally produced by a cross between Siamese and Abyssinian. Oriental Shorthair – a Siamese-style cat in non-pointed coat patterns and colours, including solid, tabby, silver/smoke, and tortoise-shell. Oriental Longhair – a longhaired version of the Oriental Shorthair. (But see "Javanese" entry, above).