User:Diablo./Genetics


 * This is a guide to very basic cat coat genetics. Max has made this guide to help answer any easy genetics questions, but, they always recommended that you do further research! This guide is simply to answer the most common and basic pairings, and will not be going super in depth.


 * For the sake of simplicity, they are referring to this calculator a whole heap because it is very good and easy to understand. Below is a screenshot of the calculator as it is first loaded:



Fur Length

 * Okay, so the first thing on the calculator is fur length. This one is straight forward. There are three options: Short, Short, carries long, or Long. Short is a dominant gene, meaning it is more likely to be carried over than a recessive gene, which is what longhair is.


 * In more advanced genetics, a shorthaired cat is represented as (LL) and a longhaired cat is (ll). A cat that is shorthaired but carries longhaired is (Ll).


 * Short means that cat is a visibly a shorthair, such as Skipperpelt. She is a shorthair and does not carry a recessive gene for longhair.


 * Short, carries long is means that cat is visibly a shorthair, but is able to have longhaired children if they partner with another longhair cat or a longhair carrier. An example is Oakheart, he is visibly a shorthaired cat, but, he himself carries the gene for longhair so if he took a longhaired partner, they could have longhaired kittens.


 * And finally, Long means that cat is visibly a longhair, such as Spiderclaw. She is a longhair and is able to pass that gene along if she mates with another longhair cat or a longhair carrier.