Feline genetics (Mystic's pet peeve)

[mystic]

A red tom will always sire calico she-cats when paired with a non-red female
A red tom will never sire a red son
A red queen will always bear red sons
A red queen, when crossed with a non-red tom, will always bear calico or torite she-kits

A calico is almost never a male, and when it is, it is mostly never fertile unless it is a chimeria.

www.bio.miami.edu/dana/dox/calico.html
www.hdw-inc.com/genetics.htm

I just had to say this.

[Kelby [♥]]

interesting.
what happens if both of them are red?

and tbh i don't really..pay attention to genetics. i'm not bothered by them. my cats tend to look however i want them to. xD regardless of mother and father - though some hold their color to some degree.

i'm more concerned with actual personalities and all. but i think it's funny that i made a mary sue thread and you made a pelt thread. XD WE'RE LIKE YING AND YANG.

[mystic]

well... if they're red and red. And red is cod-minant.
then the cat turns out red, all of the kittens.
I live by genetics
because all the gene markers for coat colour are the same.

[surreptitious]

There are some exceptions though, i know a red tom who mated with a red female and had two red kits, the rest were white. The kits were male and female. and the white came from the dads mom, who mated with an orange female to make him. So there are always exceptions to the genetic code, especially when it comes to animals.

[mystic]

Are you sure that
1. They were both solid red and not red and white
2. He was the ONLY male that she mated to

[surreptitious]

Yup, they're inside cats, and they didn't get out, and none of them were orange and white

[mystic]

what colour were the kitten's eyes?
This could be a case of ressesive genetics.
Green eyed white is dominant. Blue eyed white isn't.
Blue eyed white is ressesive to everything. However that means it can be carried unnoticed.
Seriously, cat genetics are really complex.

For example, if you clone a torite. The resulting offspring will not have the same pattern as it's doner. Part of the marking set comes from in-eutro hormone effects.

[surreptitious]

I just want to know why its such an issue, this is all made up, cats that fight in clans with names like that and have a leader and medicince cats etc, arent real anway. Isn't that why we make them so different, becuase we like to pretend?

[mystic]

Just a pet peeve of mine.
But the biggest part is male calicos. You can make them however you wish.

[Kelby [♥]]

i do stray from making male calicos because i know that's a very VERY rare one, but otherwise i don't stick to genetics. xD

[Bear]

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[Bear]

Sibling rivalry is a big thing. Sometimes I truly detest my sister, and Ivypool was just jealous like I am sometimes. How was she supposed to know who Tigerstar was? It's not like kits get told stories of an evil cat. And besides, both Tiger and Hawk are brown tabbies, the most common type of feral cat. She didn't know who they were and trusted that they were training her to be a good warrior. Plus, she realized who they were and became a spy for the Clans, so she can't be that bad!