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  2. Tortoiseshell cat - Wikipedia

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    Tortoiseshell and calico coats result from an interaction between genetic and developmental factors. The primary gene for coat color (B), for the colors brown, chocolate, cinnamon, etc., can be masked by the co-dominant gene for the orange color (O), which is on the X chromosome and has two alleles : orange (X O ) and not-orange (X o ) that ...

  3. Cat coat genetics - Wikipedia

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    Blue tortoiseshell and white (diluted calico) British Shorthair. With intermediate amounts of white, a cat may exhibit a calico pattern, a tortie pattern, or something in between, depending on other epigenetic factors. Blue tortoiseshell, or diluted calico, cats have a lighter coloration (blue/cream) and are sometimes called calimanco or ...

  4. Colorpoint Shorthair - Wikipedia

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    Breed of cat Colorpoint Shorthair Chocolate-Tortie Colorpoint Shorthair cat Origin Thailand & United States Breed standards CFA standard Domestic cat (Felis catus) The Colorpoint Shorthair is a variety of Siamese cat. The only major registries to recognise them are the Cat Fanciers' Association (CFA) and the World Cat Federation (WCF). This breed was established from breeding American ...

  5. Woman Adopts Rare Male Calico Cat With Unique XXY ... - AOL

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    The post Woman Adopts Rare Male Calico Cat With Unique XXY Chromosomes appeared first on CatTime. The story of a rare Calico Cat, Josie, has gone viral on TikTok after user @xxycalico shared it on ...

  6. Talk:Tortoiseshell cat - Wikipedia

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    The genetic difference between a calico and a tortie is that the calico has the 'white spotting gene' whereas the tortie does not. Therefore, I strongly oppose any merger which suggests that the two patterns are a subset of one or the other.

  7. Tabby Cat Epitomizes Sibling Rivalry as He Traps Tortie ... - AOL

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    There’s a saying in the cat rescue world that it’s better to have two cats than one. ... But this tortie seems to be far more sweet and forgiving than the usual stereotype of “tortitude ...

  8. Unusual 'Smiling' Calico Cat Doesn't Let Multiple Surgeries ...

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    Calico cats—cats with orange, black and white splotches on their coats are almost always female, due to the way that coat colors work on cats. The genes determining whether a cat has an orange ...

  9. Manx cat - Wikipedia

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    The most common coats are tabby, tortoiseshell, calico and solid colours. [citation needed] Widely divergent Manx specimens, including even a colour-point, blue-eyed, long-haired variant of evident Himalayan ancestry, have been celebrated on Isle of Man postage stamps since the 1980s, and recent publications often show marbled and spotted ...