Sentences with phrase «orange coat gene»

Not exact matches

Your house cat at home may be what is referred to as a «dilute tortie» making her a good example of how the D class genes lighten the dominant orange and black genes creating a soft cream and gray (blue) coat with a tortoiseshell pattern.»

Neither of the genes are considered dominant and for this, it is said that the orange and black fur coats are randomly disseminated.

Genetic expression is very variable and orange - eyed / odd - eyed / blue - eyed whites are interbred in many breeds - hence up to 20 % of non-blue-eyed, white cats may have some degree of hearing impairment depending on what gene is causing them to have a white coat.