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Unlike the blue eyes seen linked to the genes in solid white, bicolor, and colorpoint, all of which suppress pigmentation, this gene is not linked to any specific fur color or pattern, [1] [3] giving the opportunity to have cats with dark coats and blue eyes. The blue eye color seen in cats such as the Siamese and the Ojos Azules is due to the ...
In white cats with one blue eye and one eye of a different color (odd-eyed cats), deafness is more likely to affect the ear on the blue-eyed side. [1] Approximately 50% of white cats have one or two blue eyes. [5] According to the ASPCA Complete Guide to Cats, "17 to 20 percent of white cats with non-blue eyes are deaf; 40 percent of "odd-eyed ...
A rare predominantly black cat with odd eyes. The odd-eyed colouring is caused when either the epistatic (recessive) white gene or dominant white (which masks any other colour genes and turns a cat completely solid white) [3] or the white spotting gene (which is the gene responsible for bicolour coats) [4] prevents melanin granules from reaching one eye during development, resulting in a cat ...
It turns out that our little feline friends don’t develop eye pigmentation until they’re around six weeks of age and while some kittens (like the siamese) will retain their blue eyes, most ...
Degeneration of the cochlea and saccule, as seen in Waardenburg syndrome, has also been found in deaf white cats, Dalmatians and other dog breeds, white minks and mice. [52] Domesticated cats with blue eyes and white coats are often completely deaf. [53] Deafness is far more common in white cats than in those with other coat colors.
Solid-white Turkish Angoras carry the epistatic (masking) white colour (W) dominant gene associated with white fur, blue eyes, and often deafness. All-white cats of Turkish Van stock may share this gene. All three types of cat may exhibit eye colours that are amber, blue or odd. Deafness is principally associated with white cats having two blue ...
The solid-white colouring is considered Western, [1] and is one of the many colours of traditional Siberian cats. Solid-white Siberian cats can also have blue eyes; however, this is due to lack of melanin pigment and not a result of the colourpoint gene. Solid-white blue-eyed cats have a higher prevalence of genetic deafness. [17]
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