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Fever coat is an effect known in domestic cats, where a pregnant female cat has a fever or is stressed, causing her unborn kittens' fur to develop a silver-type color (silver-grey, cream, or reddish) rather than what the kitten's genetics would normally cause. After birth, over some weeks the silver fur is replaced naturally by fur colors ...
Several genes interact to produce cats' hair color and coat patterns. Different combinations of these genes give different phenotypes . For example, the enzyme tyrosinase is needed to produce the dark pigment melanin and Burmese cats have a mutant form that is only active at low temperatures, resulting in color appearing only on the cooler ears ...
If you find matts in your cat’s coat, it’s probably the soft, fine hair of the down fur that are to blame. Additionally, down fur has less of the pigment that makes up a cat’s color.
As the expression of the gene responsible for the pointed pattern is regulated by temperature, pointed cats who live in cooler environments often show increased darkening of their fur relative to cats who live in warmer climates, in some cases the entire coat will darken. Shaving a cat can also change the colour of the coat. Conditions that ...
An agouti dog, also called wolf sable. In dogs, the agouti gene is associated with various coat colors and patterns. [10]The alleles at the A locus are related to the production of agouti-signaling protein (ASIP) and determine whether an animal expresses an agouti appearance and, by controlling the distribution of pigment in individual hairs, what type of agouti.
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In addition to their curly fur, many of the cats had a "satin" or "glitter" mutation resulting in glittering fur. 2009: Helki. Developed in California from South Sacramento feral cats with a semi-rexed coat. The silky or fleecy coat contains a mix of straight and wavy guard hairs and it appears to be a dominant mutation. the name means "touch ...
A cat with black point coloration. Points are specific areas of an animal coat that are colored differently from the main body colorations. Point coloration may be represented by a pale body color and relatively darker extremities, such as face, ears, feet, tail, and external sex organs, as seen on Siamese cats. [1]