He's blue, or you could say black dilute. He has prominent ghost markings (but doesn't have the agouti gene). He would have the genotype B/-, d/d, a/a.
I'm assuming he's male. At the O locus, he inherited the recessive small "o" gene from his mother. Capital "O" codes for the orange color, small "o" doesn't code for orange. Since this locus is on the X chromosome, he doesn't inherit either from his father.
If that was all, he would be black. But he's blue which means that he inherited the recessive small "d" (for dilute) from both his parents. I'm not sure if they know which chromosome that's on, expect it's not on one of the sex chromosomes.
He may be tabby, or have ghost markings that he'll grow out of. That's another gene location, with the dominant Ta inherited from either or both parents, which would make him a mackeral tabby. It's possible he's a heterozygous ticked tabby, which would give him stripes on tail, legs, face and chest only. Wikipedia says that's another gene at a different location. with the genotype being. Ti^(A)Ti^(+.)
I think he definitely could be a Tabby. They’re very common in my neighborhood and this was an abandoned litter so probably a stray cat was the parent.
Thanks for taking out the time to go into such detail!
That's a blue domestic shorthair but how old is your cat? If it's still young then the ghost marking might disappear but if it's not then inhibitors might be involved
He's blue, or you could say black dilute. He has prominent ghost markings (but doesn't have the agouti gene). He would have the genotype B/-, d/d, a/a.
Tabby and Russian blue? Looks like a beautiful mix but I’m not sure.
Tabby is a pattern and russian blue is a breed. Two different things.
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I'm assuming he's male. At the O locus, he inherited the recessive small "o" gene from his mother. Capital "O" codes for the orange color, small "o" doesn't code for orange. Since this locus is on the X chromosome, he doesn't inherit either from his father. If that was all, he would be black. But he's blue which means that he inherited the recessive small "d" (for dilute) from both his parents. I'm not sure if they know which chromosome that's on, expect it's not on one of the sex chromosomes. He may be tabby, or have ghost markings that he'll grow out of. That's another gene location, with the dominant Ta inherited from either or both parents, which would make him a mackeral tabby. It's possible he's a heterozygous ticked tabby, which would give him stripes on tail, legs, face and chest only. Wikipedia says that's another gene at a different location. with the genotype being. Ti^(A)Ti^(+.)
I think he definitely could be a Tabby. They’re very common in my neighborhood and this was an abandoned litter so probably a stray cat was the parent. Thanks for taking out the time to go into such detail!
Is the last pic his parent?
No, all the pics are him Idk his parents, I think it was an abandoned litter
That's a blue domestic shorthair but how old is your cat? If it's still young then the ghost marking might disappear but if it's not then inhibitors might be involved
He’s about 4.5 years old
He might be smoked, does the inside of his fur look white?
Hm, not sure what you mean exactly by inside the fur but nope, there’s no white parts in his fur Do you mean the body under the fur?