Basic Genetics
Genetics of Coat Colour Inheritance

BASIC SOLIDS

Black Black ~ dilute Black ~ Chocolate Black ~ dilute & Choc Blue Blue ~ Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate ~ dilute Lilac Choose Colour of Sire

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Black Black ~ dilute Black ~ Chocolate Black ~ dilute & Choc Blue Blue ~ Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate ~ dilute Lilac Choose Colour of Dam

Males and Females

Symbol ~ denotes "carrying"

Dilute can be Blue, Lilac or Cream

See possible Kitten colours

CINNAMON & FAWN

Cinnamon is the light phase of Chocolate (recessive) and inherited in the same manner. See examples below. BblDD Black~Cinnamon X bblDD Chocolate~Cinnamon = BbDD Black~Chocolate BblDD Black~Cinnamon bblDD Chocolate~Cinnamon AND... blblDD Cinnamon Bbldd Blue~Cinnamon X bbldd Lilac~Cinnamon = Bbdd Blue~Chocolate Bbldd Blue~Cinnamon bbldd Lilac~Cinnamon AND... blbldd Fawn

DOMINANT WHITE

Solid White is dominant and masks true colour. Genotype of White cat may be deduced from parentage or proved by test mating. bbDDww Chocolate X Homozygous White BBddWW (Blue) = Heterozygous White BbDdWw (Black~dilute&Choc) Heterozygous White bbDDWw (Chocolate) X Heterozygous White BBddWw (Blue) = BbDdww Black + Homozygous White BbDdWW (Black~dilute&Choc) Heterozygous White BbDdWw (Black~dilute&Choc)

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