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Cat Morphs
If cats really do have morphs... what are they? Single gene or polygenetic traits?
Oh, and feel free to share your 'examples.' 
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From what I have been told, Sphinx (hairless) and American Curl (the ears) are single gene traits. Which my cat has both  I however have never researched it. All I know is this cat is a a non-stop cuddler.
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Re: Cat Morphs
 Originally Posted by Mephibosheth1
OMG GIVE ME THE ANIMAL AND NOBODY GETS HURT!!!!
That little guy is so cute...
trust me, there days where I would say just take him. He can be just as annoying and get into anything a normal cat can lol.
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Actually, if I can recall correctly, the tabby coat is a single gene trait that creates lines in swirls in the coat. This can create an extreme appearance change in some breeds like Bengals, where normals have rosettes and tabbies have those big blobs, clouds, and stripes in their markings. I remember seeing a pic of two somewhere that had a pattern on their back that looked just like a super tiger retic...
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Re: Cat Morphs
Originally Posted by pythonminion
Actually, if I can recall correctly, the tabby coat is a single gene trait that creates lines in swirls in the coat. This can create an extreme appearance change in some breeds like Bengals, where normals have rosettes and tabbies have those big blobs, clouds, and stripes in their markings. I remember seeing a pic of two somewhere that had a pattern on their back that looked just like a super tiger retic...
Every cat has a rosette... :p. Some cleaner than others.
If nothing ever changed, there would be no butterflies.
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Yes. Besides all the colors, there are folded ears, curled ears, at least 3 rex types and sphinx, short legs, different tail lengths/missing tails, etc. These are all single gene traits.
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Depends on the trait. Some are simple single genes, and some are polygenic. I think most color genes are single genes (which of course can be combined). Also, the black/orange coloration is sex-linked on the x-chromosome. So where O is orange and o is black, an orange male cat is O/Y, black male cat is o/Y, orange female cat is O/O, black female cat is o/o, and a female heterozygote for that trait (O/o) is tortoiseshell (or calico if you add white markings to the mix). That's why the ratio of orange or black male cats is greater than for female cats, you have a 1/2 chance of a black or orange male, compared to a 1/4 chance of a black or orange female.
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Re: Cat Morphs
I think black is co-dominant and the super form is blue. Not completely sure on this though.
Edit: nope I was wrong. Black is dominant and blue is a dominant dillution of it.
Last edited by TurkeyPython; 08-22-2014 at 04:48 PM.
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