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OMIA:000200-9685 : Coat colour, generic in Felis catus (domestic cat)

In other species: Japanese medaka , axolotl , marsupials , brush-tailed possums , European mole , stump-tailed macaque , gray wolf , coyote , dog , red fox , Sumatran tiger , mongooses , whales , ass (donkey) , onager , horse , pig , Arabian camel , guanaco , vicugna , llama , Northern giraffe , taurine cattle , indicine cattle (zebu) , goat , mouflon , sheep , hares , rabbit , Alpine marmot , pocket gophers , golden hamster , Mongolian gerbil , meadow voles , muskrat , black rat , European woodmouse , domestic guinea pig , nutria , gray short-tailed opossum , tench , domestic yak , gray squirrel , western mosquitofish , long-tailed chinchilla , European shrew , red wolf , bobcat , Asiatic golden cat , Mountain hare , golden jackal , tawny dragon , quagga , water buffalo , panther genet , Kinda baboon , Gray snub-nosed monkey , Northern mole vole , American mink , hybrid yellow catfish

Categories: Pigmentation phene

Single-gene trait/disorder: unknown

Disease-related: no

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Nicholas, F. W., Tammen, I., & Sydney Informatics Hub. (2011). OMIA:000200-9685: Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (OMIA) [dataset]. https://omia.org/. https://doi.org/10.25910/2AMR-PV70

References

Note: the references are listed in reverse chronological order (from the most recent year to the earliest year), and alphabetically by first author within a year.

2023 Kholin, S.K. :
Genetic profile of domestic cat (Felis catus L.) population of Aoshima Island (Japan). Vavilovskii Zhurnal Genet Selektsii 27:169-176, 2023. Pubmed reference: 37063514. DOI: 10.18699/VJGB-23-23.
2016 Stelow, E.A., Bain, M.J., Kass, P.H. :
The Relationship Between Coat Color and Aggressive Behaviors in the Domestic Cat. J Appl Anim Welf Sci 19:1-15, 2016. Pubmed reference: 26467020. DOI: 10.1080/10888705.2015.1081820.
2006 Rah, H., Maggs, DJ., Lyons, LA. :
Lack of genetic association among coat colors, progressive retinal atrophy and polycystic kidney disease in Persian cats. J Feline Med Surg 8:357-60, 2006. Pubmed reference: 16777456. DOI: 10.1016/j.jfms.2006.04.002.
2002 Ruiz-Garcia, M., Campos, H.A., Alvarez, D., Kajon, A., Diaz, S. :
Coat gene profiles of several cat populations in Cuba, Costa Rica, Colombia, Paraguay, Chile and Argentina, and possible genetic origins of these cat populations Russian Journal of Genetics 38:165-180, 2002.
1996 Ragni, B., Possenti, M. :
Variability of coat-colour and markings system in felis silvestris Italian Journal of Zoology 63:285-292, 1996.
Wagner, A. :
Coat color alleles in the domestic cat populations at the adriatic coast Journal of Heredity 87:473-475, 1996. Pubmed reference: 8981765.
1994 Cornelius, L. :
Altering the Fate of the Yellow Cat Veterinary Medicine 89:843, 1994.
Hoger, H. :
Mutant Allele Frequencies in Domestic Cat Populations in Austria Journal of Heredity 85:139-142, 1994. Pubmed reference: 8182280.
Osgood, M.P. :
X-chromosome inactivation: The case of the calico cat American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education 58:204-205, 1994.
Ruizgarcia, M. :
Genetic Profiles from Coat Genes of Natural Balearic Cat Populations - An Eastern Mediterranean and North-African Origin Genetics Selection Evolution 26:39-64, 1994.
Ruizgarcia, M. :
Genetic Structure of the Marseilles Cat Population - Is There Really a Strong Founder Effect Genetics Selection Evolution 26:317-331, 1994.
Vinogradov, A.E. :
Locally Associated Alleles of Cat Coat Genes Journal of Heredity 85:86-91, 1994. Pubmed reference: 8182285.
1993 Anon. :
Title - Castle-Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium - A Study of Gene Frequencies in a Population of Domestic Cats Purpose - To Calculate the Frequencies of the Several Genes That Act to Determine the Coat Color and Patterning in the Random-Bred Cat American Biology Teacher 55:175-177, 1993. Pubmed reference: 11658126.
Ruizgarcia, M. :
Analysis of the Evolution and Genetic Diversity Within and Between Balearic and Iberian Cat Populations Journal of Heredity 84:173-180, 1993. Pubmed reference: 8228171.
1992 Kajon, A., Garcia, D.C., Ruizgarcia, M. :
Gene Frequencies in the Cat Population of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and the Possible Origin of This Population Journal of Heredity 83:148-152, 1992. Pubmed reference: 1578106.
Schuler, L., Borodin, P.M. :
Influence of Sampling Methods on Estimated Gene Frequency in Domestic Cat Populations of East-Germany Archiv Fur Tierzucht - Archives of Animal Breeding 35:629-634, 1992.
1990 Dreux, P. :
Cat Population Genetics of Reunion Island Genetics Selection Evolution 22:367-371, 1990.
Garcia, M.R. :
Mutant Allele Frequencies in Domestic Cat Populations on the Spanish Mediterranean Coast, and Their Genetic Distances from Other European and North African Cat Populations Genetica 82:215-221, 1990.
Garcia, M.R. :
Mutant Allele Frequencies in Domestic Cat Populations in Catalonia, Spain, and Their Genetic Relationships with Spanish and English Colonial Cat Populations Genetica 82:209-214, 1990.
Kholin, S.K. :
Frequencies of Mutant Alleles in Domestic Cat Populations of Southern Sakhalin Genetika 26:2200-2206, 1990. Pubmed reference: 2086345.
1989 Dunn, T.B., Klein, K.K., Kerr, S.J. :
Mutant Allele Frequencies of Domestic Cats of Western Illinois and Eastern Iowa Journal of Heredity 80:332-335, 1989. Pubmed reference: 2754235.
Steel, K.P., Barkway, C. :
Another role for melanocytes: their importance for normal stria vascularis development in the inner ear Development 107:453-463, 1989. Pubmed reference: 2612372.
Wagner, A. :
Mutant Allele Frequencies in Domestic Cat Populations of Macedonia (Yugoslavia) Genetica 78:145-152, 1989.
1987 Dreux, P. :
[Genetic control of coat colour in the domestic cat] Ethnozootechnie :71-79, 1987.
Hedrick, P.W. :
Gametic disequilibrium in cats: epistasis is an unlikely cause Journal of Heredity 78:204 only, 1987. Pubmed reference: 3611717.
Lloyd, A.T. :
Cats from history and history from cats Endeavour 11:112-114, 1987. Pubmed reference: 2445554.
Robinson, R. :
Mutant gene frequencies in cats of the Greater London area Theoretical and Applied Genetics 74:579-583, 1987.
Symonds, J., Lloyd, A.T. :
Gene frequencies in the domestic cats (Felis catus) of urban and rural Bordeaux Genetica 72:133-136, 1987.
Thomsen, P.D., Rasmussen, M. :
[Tortoiseshell coat colour in male cats] Dansk Veterinaertidsskrift 70:1183-1186, 1987.
1986 Blumenberg, B. :
Historical population genetics of Felis catus in Humboldt County, California Genetica 68:81-86, 1986.
Halpine, T., Kerr, S.J. :
Mutant allele frequencies in the cat population of Omaha, Nebraska Journal of Heredity 77:460-462, 1986. Pubmed reference: 3559169.
Kinnear, J.F. :
Using the cat in the teaching of genetics Journal of Biological Education 20:5-11, 1986.
Miller, W.J., Hollander, W.F. :
The sex-linked black cat fallacy: a textbook case J Hered 77:463-4, 1986. Pubmed reference: 3559170. DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a110282.
1984 Adalsteinsson, S., Blumenberg, B. :
Simultaneous maximum likelihood estimation of the frequency of sexlinked orange and the male ratio in the cat Carnivore 7:68-77, 1984.
Moran, C., Gillies, C.B., Nicholas, F.W. :
Fertile male tortoiseshell cats: mosaicism due to gene instability? Journal of Heredity 75:397-402, 1984. Pubmed reference: 6481130.
1982 Robinson, R. :
Evolution of the domestic cat Carnivore 5:4-13, 1982.
1981 Dreux, P. :
Gene frequencies in the cat population of a rural district of Cher (France) Annales de Genetique et de Selection Animale 13:363-370, 1981.
1980 Aarde, R.J. van, Robinson, T.J. :
Gene frequencies in feral cats on Marion Island Journal of Heredity 71:366-368, 1980.
Ahmad, M., Blumenberg, B., Fayyaz-Chaudhary, H. :
Mutant allele frequencies and genetic distance in cat populations of Pakistan and Asia Journal of Heredity 71:323-330, 1980.
1979 Adalsteinsson, S., Sigurjonsson, T., Jonsson, G. :
Variation in colour gene frequencies among Icelandic cats Carnivore Genetics Newsletter 3:359-372, 1979.
1973 Innes, D.C. :
How temperature changes hair colour in the Siamese Feline Practice 3:27-29, 1973.
1972 Gilbride, A.P. :
A quick review of the genetics of the male Calico cat Feline Practice 2:33, 1972.
1970 Robinson, R. :
Gene assortment and preferential mating in the breeding of German fancy cats. Heredity 25:207-216, 1970.
1965 Chu, E.H.Y., Thuline, H.C., Norby, D.E. :
Triploid-diploid chimerism in a male Tortoishell cat Biological Abstracts 46:21-, 1965.
1964 Keeler, C.E., Cobb, V., Bryant, D. :
Genetics of Blue Point with special reference to its origin Journal of Cat Genetics 1:23-26, 1964.
Shaw, D.H. :
Red Aby's, Red and Tortie Point Siamese Journal of Cat Genetics 1:11-15, 1964.
1963 Goforth, J.F. :
Himalayans All-Pets Magazine 34:53-54, 1963.
Oakham, C.L. :
Fifty years of colour Journal of Cat Genetics 1:2-7, 1963.
Salisbury, R. :
New cats : Himalayan, Cameo Persian, Rex All-Pets Magazine 34:54, 1963.
1962 Dyte, C.E. :
The origin and genetic significance of the red Abyssinian cat. Journal of Cat Genetics 1:23-25, 1962.
1959 Robinson, R. :
Genetics of the domestic cat Bibliographia Genetica 18:273-362, 1959.
Searle, A.G. :
A study of variation in Singapore cats Journal of Genetics 56:1-16, 1959.
1927 Haldane, J.B.S. :
The comparative genetics of colour in rodents and carnivora Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosphical Society 2:199-212, 1927.
1919 Little, C.C. :
Colour inheritance in cats, with special reference to colours, black, yellow and tortoiseshell. Journal of Genetics 8:279–290, 1919. DOI: 10.1007/BF02983269.
1918 Whiting, P.W. :
Inheritance of coat color in cats. Journal of Experimental Zoology 25:539–569, 1918.
1911 Pocock, R.I. :
On tabby cats and some features in the inheritance of their coat patterns and colour Mendel Journal 2:53-73, 1911.

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