Sentences with phrase «mackerel tabby»

Cats with narrow stripes (mackerel tabby) have a working copy of the gene.

Because the classic pattern is recessive to mackerel tabby, classic tabbies breed true for that pattern.

While the distinct spots found on Egyptian Mau, Ocicat and several other breeds are due to a spotted modifier gene acting on mackerel tabby, there is evidently more to learn about spotted patterns in cats.

Meanwhile, in the California Toyger breed, the mackerel tabby pattern has been selectively refined into a more tiger - like pattern of thin but solid stripes (sometimes called candle - flames) which do not break up, while in red self Persians, the classic tabby pattern has been refined to coalesce and to mask the background colour as far as possible in order to create the illusion of a «solid red» cat.

Mackerel tabby markings closely correspond to the patterns seen on African wild cats.

Karnaki Gogga se Gogga brown mackerel tabby Laperm owned and bred by Karen Pepler © Theresa Fouche

Her mackerel tabby good looks get her lots of attention wherever she goes - and she...

Some people suggest that mackerel tabbies should have been called classic, because their coat pattern was the original, and more reminiscent of the domestic cats origins.

Not exact matches

Blue indicates mackerel coats and red the blotched tabby pattern.)

Colors range from white, black, blue, red, cream and patterns range for classic tabby to mackerel, spotted and patched.

If a working copy of the gene is present in a domestic cat, it will result in the narrow striped mackerel pattern; if the gene is turned off by a mutation, the cat will display the traditional blotchy or marbled tabby pattern.

Recently more tabbies (mackerel) and a few dilute colors have found their way to the show ring.

Named after the fabulous British comedy troupe, Monty Python is a marvelous red mackerel (striped) tabby who came to us as a stray.

They can have a tabby pattern which is either spotted, mackerel, or classic.

Available in a variety of about 75 different color combinations (with the exception of pointed pattern and colors) and two acceptable tabby patterns (classic and mackerel), there is a Maine Coon Cat just right for anyone.

At a CFA show today you might see these cats in other solid colors, such as black, blue, red and cream; in tortoiseshell or blue - cream; in classic, mackerel and spotted tabbies of many colors; and bi-colored cats in any of these colors with white.

The breed began development in the 1980s when Judy Sugden, a breeder looking to find the difference between the mackerel markings in tabbies, noticed distinctive markings in one of her cats.

Basil and Thyme are a mix of Brown Tabby Mackerel Maine Coon and American Bombay.

In September 2012 researchers announced they had identified the gene that switches between mackerel and classic tabby patterns.