Feline Color Genetics Links - Kissojen värigenetiikkaa englanniksi

General articles about all feline colors

Orca Starbuck and David Thomas: Cat Colors FAQ: Cat Color Genetics
very good article about color genetics
http://www.fanciers.com/other-faqs/color-genetics.html

Feline Genetics by R. Roger Breton and Nancy J Creek
genetics article, no pics
http://www.netpets.com/cats/reference/genetics/catgenetics.html

You will learn about breeding cats and basic genetics of cats by Eurocatfancy
a good series of basic genetics articles
http://www.eurocatfancy.de/en/nav/genetics/index.html

Feline Genetics by HDW and Foothill
both basic genetics and color genetics
http://www.hdw-inc.com/Genetics.htm
http://www.hdw-inc.com/geneticsofcolors.htm

Breeding Methods by Mousekateers Cattery
some articles about color genetics (mostly about Persians)
http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/4114/breedingmethods.html

Color & Pattern by Carole Goodwin
nice pics and text, mostly about Cornish Rex
http://www.devons.com/color.html

Genetics by SIOBaJa breed club
a series of articles about all colors
http://www.siamese.mundikat.nl/subweb/siamese/genetics/geneticauk.htm

Simple Genetics by Diana F Arnold
short basic text, no pics.
http://www.hotkey.net.au/~fccvic/art10.htm

Coat Color and Pattern Genetics of the Domestic Cat by Nan Hampton
slide show about genetics, lots of pics
http://www.janecky.com/runyen/bio554/cat/INDEX.HTM

Cat Color Genetics Primer by Tenset Technologies
rather nice article + program for color prediction
http://www.tenset.co.uk/catgen/indexus.html

Cat Colours and Patterns by Messybeast.com
list of all possible colors and patterns
http://www.messybeast.com/colours.htm

Articles about special colors or patterns

The Pigment Parade by Lorraine Shelton
about white in cats
http://home.earthlink.net/~featherland/off/white.html

The Gene by Julie Simpson
short article about spotting pattern
http://www.hotkey.net.au/~fccvic/art3.htm#home

Genetics and the White Cat by Paula Swepston
couple of articles about white and deafness
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/L_P_swepston/genewhit.htm

White Cats and Deafness by Roy Robinson
a rather scientific article, statistics
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/L_P_swepston/RoyRob.htm#1995

White Cats and Deafness by Sarah Hartwell
about blue eyes associated and NOT associated with white coat
http://www.messybeast.com/whitecat.htm

Genetics of the shaded American Shorthair by Carol W. Johnson
good article, lovely pics
http://www.net-link.net/~cwjohnso/genetics/shadedfin2.html

My Working Hypothesis of Tabby Pattern Inheritance by Heather Lorimer
short text, some photos
http://cc.ysu.edu/~helorime/TabPat.html

Striped, Spotted and Ticked Cats by S Hartwell
a very nice article with lots of good photos and drawings
http://www.messybeast.com/spotted-cats.html

Tortoiseshell and Tri-colour Cats by Sarah Hartwell
about orange gene and tortie pattern
http://www.messybeast.com/tricolours.htm

Torties, Calicos and Tricolor Cats by Barbara French
written in a "faq" mode, lots of terminology explained
http://www.fanciers.com/cat-faqs/tricolors.html

Albinism Gene by Siamese Cat Society
C aka albino locus alleles in Siamese cats
http://homepages.tig.com.au/~coslinka/albinogene.html

Solid Colors and Dilutes by Heather Lorimer
blue, brown, cinnamon etc. Nice pics
http://cc.ysu.edu/~helorime/BasicCol.html

The Basic Self (Solid) Colours of Cats by Sarah Hartwell
shades of solid cats explained, no pics
http://www.messybeast.com/self-solid.htm

Novel flavours in feline coat colours by Kerry J. Fowler
about blue dilute and possible other dilute genes
http://www.hotkey.net.au/~fccvic/art12.htm

Caramel & Apricot & Cinnamon & Fawn Coat Colour by John Harrison
article which explains the "dilute factor", no pics
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/harislauandmegrim/article8.htm

Lilac and Chocolate by D. Agafonov & A. Spirin
about these rare colors, mostly in Persians
http://www.zooclub.ru/eng/cats/okras/7.htm

Genetically Impossible Kittens: Mosaicism by Sarah Hartwell
mosaics, chimaeras and orange gene
http://www.messybeast.com/mosaicism.htm

Colors in cat breeds

CFA's Color Prefix Chart
accepted colors and color names in all breeds
http://www.cfainc.org/breeds/color-prefix.html

Abyssinian Genetics by the Abyssinian Homepage
links and an article about colors in this breed
http://www.serve.com/BatonRouge/genetic.htm

What Makes a Cat Siamese? by Diana Arnold
Siamese genetics
http://www.hotkey.net.au/~fccvic/art7.htm

...Genetics of the Red Series in Siamese cats by RP&TPSCC
color names and some genetics
http://www.palantir.co.uk/genet.html

Shaded Silver Orientals by Heather Lorimer
shadeds in this breed, good photos
http://cc.ysu.edu/~helorime/Shade.html

Genetics (Bombay) by Ja Trotter
short article about color genes in the breed
http://freespace.virgin.net/mc.howe/basbc/genetics1.htm

Simplified Asian Genetics by Naomi Johnson
colors in Bombay, Burmilla etc.
http://website.lineone.net/~vervain/asiangen.htm

Genetics (Singapura) by Marcia Owen
a very short text
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/marcia.owen/sccgenetics.htm

Burmese mating color chart by Darbie Marlin
breeding charts
http://www.runway.net/b/moonmaid/color-chart.html

Applied Genetics... Burmilla by Horizon's Cattery
special colors of this breed: sepia + silver
http://www.osha.igs.net/~kiddbatt/DOCS/pages/genetics2.htm
http://www.osha.igs.net/~kiddbatt/DOCS/pages/genetics1.htm

Tonkinese Genetics by Linda Martino
colors of this breed are explained here.
http://www.fanciers.com/breed-faqs/tonk-genetics.shtml

Oriental Colors of the British Palette by Inna Shustrova
chocolate and lilac in this breed
http://www.zooclub.ru/eng/cats/okras/8.htm

The Genetics of the Blue Persian by Des Leigh
a short article
http://www.bluepersian.ndirect.co.uk/genetics.html

Color Genetics for Ragdoll Breeders by Solveig Pflueger
shortish, but very clear text.
http://www.rfci.org/genetics/solveig.htm

Basic Snowshoe Genetics by katsn1
a short article
http://katlbs.tripod.com/sng/id5.html

The Genetics of Birman Traditional Colors by Michael Olsen
nice article with crossing tables, no pics
http://www.stuffweuse.com/birman/genetics.html

Basic Colours and Patterns (Birman) by Xamela Birmans
ahort article with some genetics, note the other pages too
http://www.geocities.com/xamela/colourspatterns.htm

About those colors...! (Norwegian Forest Cat) by La Maison Forte
text and pics about new colors; "amber" and "light amber"
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/L_P_swepston/newcol.htm

The X-colours in NFO (Norwegian Forest Cat)by Jette Eva Madsen
two short articles about possible new colours
http://www.skovkat.dk/jetteweb/xtimes51.htm
http://www.skovkat.dk/jetteweb/dilutemodifier.htm

Norwegian Forest Cats - The new colours by Christa Utescheny, Arlesbrunnen
article about test matings, pics
http://www.v-arlesbrunnen-nfo.de/html/x-colours/info_e.htm

Ocicat Colors by CFA
a pretty photo gallery with color names, some miscolored ones too
http://www.ocicatinfo.com/Ocicolors.htm

The Beautiful "Snow" Bengal by HDW Enterprises
a short article about snow patterns
http://www.hdw-inc.com/marshasnowbenpg.htm

Go Hairless! by Sanspelo Sphynx Cattery
good overall color genetics, pics of Sphynx.
http://www.sanspelo.com/.../Coat%20Color%20Genotyping.htm