All of the female cat’s eggs are X, whereas the male sperm can be X or Y. 18 of the chromosomes are autosomes, and one pair is the sex chromosomes X and Y.
Basic cat geneticsĬats have 19 chromosomes which come in pairs, one from the mother and one from the father. The basic wild-type tabby is a mackerel ( T m) however, two mutations have arisen, the dominant ticked tabby ( T a) and the recessive classic tabby ( t b). Some young cats with solid coat colours will display faint ghost tabby markings until their fur becomes fully pigmented. Even cats with no tabby stripes have tabby genes but do not show the pattern on the fur. All domestic cats were once tabby, mutations lead to some cats appearing solid, bi-colour or pointed. Tabby patterns are common in random-bred cats as well as many pure breeds.
a/a (heterozygous recessive) – Non-tabby (solid). A/a (heterozygous dominant) – Tabby (the dominant A will override the recessive a). Three possible outcomes dictate if the coat will be tabby or not, remembering that the cat receives a copy of each gene from the mother and the father. A cat must receive two copies of the recessive ‘ a’ gene (aa) to have a solid coat. The recessive a hides the tabby pattern, to produce a solid (self) coat colour from the root of the hair to the tip. The dominant agouti allele, with the symbol A, will express the tabby pattern. The agouti gene controls whether the tabby markings are expressed or not. This is caused by the transient inhibition of pigment production during, the hair’s growth. The banded background (ground colour) consists of hairs that are more than one colour along the hair shaft and is termed agouti. Tabby refers to a coat pattern in cats that consists of dark swirls, stripes, spots superimposed on a lighter background of ticked (banded fur). What colour is a tabby cat? Tabby occurs in several colours, the most common are brown tabby, silver (grey) and orange tabby. The background hair consists of light and dark bands, intermingled with dark lines, spots or swirls layered on top. What is a tabby cat? Tabby is a coat pattern and not a breed, it consists of four patterns, mackerel, spotted, classic and ticked. Light Amber Silver Tabby Norweigan Forest Cat Light Amber Patched Tabby Norweigan Forest Cat Amber Tortoiseshell Smoke Norweigan Forest Cat Blue-Cream and White Norweigan Forest Cat Tortoiseshell and White Norweigan Forest Cat Smoke, Shaded, Shell, and White Norweigan Forest Cat Blue-Silver Patched Tabby Norweigan Forest Cat Silver Patched Tabby Norweigan Forest Cat Brown Patched Tabbyn Norweigan Forest Cat Ticked Tabby Pattern Norweigan Forest Cat Patched Tabby Pattern Norweigan Forest Cat Mackerel Tabby Pattern Norweigan Forest Cat Classic Tabby Pattern Norweigan Forest Cat Shaded Tortoiseshell Norweigan Forest Cat The 60 Norweigan Forest Cat Colors & Patterns. Now, let’s dive into all these gorgeous colors! For reference, we’ve used the breed standard from the Cat Fanciers Association. Cats with white feet can either have pink, bi-, or multi-colored paw pads. Some colors are more desirable than others, though. Paw pads and nose leather can be almost any color or combination of colors, and these aren’t linked to coat color unless specifically noted. Cats with a large amount of white may have blue or odd-colored eyes. Unless otherwise noted, the eyes of a Norwegian Forest Cat will be shades of copper, green-gold, gold, or green. What you might not know about them is that they can be found in almost any color and pattern that you can imagine! While tabby might be the classic color that springs to mind when many of us think about this breed, you can find them in a rainbow of other shades too. 
#Cream silver tabby full#
If you’ve ever met a Norwegian Forest Cat, then you’ll already know that these magnificent cats are large, powerful, and full of personality.
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