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29-03-2006, 08:46 PM   #11

Re: Genetics and Colours - as promised


It is too much for me to take in Kay but I'm more than happy to look at all your beautiful cats!!



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29-03-2006, 08:59 PM   #12

Re: Genetics and Colours - as promised


Goodness me, I,d never even thought about colour breeding in cats, our moggies just arrived in various colours, but I can tell you about colour breeding in Dobermanns and although basically the same its a lot less complicated than cats. I will be following this with interest - Logoes.



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29-03-2006, 09:36 PM   #13

Re: Genetics and Colours - as promised


It is very much appreciated, Kay



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29-03-2006, 10:07 PM   #14

Re: Genetics and Colours - as promised


You've put a lot of work in on this, Kay, & it's appreciated, even if a little difficult to grasp some of it...breeders really have to do their homework before they plan a mating...WOW



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29-03-2006, 11:57 PM   #15

Re: Genetics and Colours - as promised


You lost me at the beginning, unfortunately, but I'm very grateful for your posting. I would dearly love to know more and find it very interesting - even if I don't understand much! I never realised genetics would be so different between species of animals (have some knowledge of rat genetics).

Will watch avidly for future installments.



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30-03-2006, 09:00 AM   #16

Re: Genetics and Colours - as promised


Head wrapped in damp towel but still finding this heavy going
Thank goodness I'm not a breeder.
Interesting to get an inkling of what goes on though.
Thanks for posting and being patient with people's 'Whaaaaaa ?' responses!



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30-03-2006, 11:45 AM   #17

Re: Genetics and Colours - as promised


ok, you lsot me on the second bit there.

But i'll keep re-reading it and doing some research online until i "get it" especially as I wanna go into coulourpoint breeding!!! (If i can't fathom this think i'll just rescue a few lol)



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30-03-2006, 11:49 AM   #18

Re: Genetics and Colours - as promised


am i right in thinking that as pf is a blue-cream then her parents were torties?or were they torties carrying dulite?
Either black/red or chocolate?

and do you mind me asking what's a tortie? ( i know that sounds dumb)

edited to add: is a tortie a tabby version of a persian cat? Can't get across what i mean here, i goolged piccies of tortie persians, and they all are cats with various diff colours in thier coats. Or am i totally off track here? lol


Think Kay has her work cut out trying to get me to understand this



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30-03-2006, 12:30 PM   #19

Re: Genetics and Colours - as promised


From what I understand (now) about colourpoint, one parent could also have been red-point carrying dilute (or a cream-point) and the other seal-point carrying dilute (or a blue-point). (Am I right Kay?)
pf would have inherrited a mix of both colours, being a girl, and dilute from both parents (or she wouldn't have been blue-cream, but seal/red).
Or the parents could have been torties carrying dilute, which is definitively Kay's domain as I *know* I'm fuzzy on tortie genetics. : /



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30-03-2006, 12:57 PM   #20

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ok now i AM totally lost!



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