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GENETICS OF COAT PATTERN INHERITANCE
AGOUTI - TICKED & TABBY  Rufous polygenes affect base coat. Cats shown are all genetically Black.
Ticked (m) Mackerel ~ Classic
Ticked ~ non-ticked (m) Mackerel
Ticked ~ non-ticked (m) Mackerel ~ Classic
Ticked ~ non-ticked (m) Classic
Mackerel
Mackerel ~ Classic
Classic
nonAgouti (m) Mackerel ~ Classic
 Choose Pattern of Sire


 
 
 Reset
Ticked (m) Mackerel ~ Classic
Ticked ~ nonTicked (m) Mackerel
Ticked ~ nonTicked (m) Mackerel ~ Classic
Ticked ~ nonTicked (m) Classic
Mackerel
Mackerel ~ Classic
Classic
nonAgouti (m) Mackerel ~ Classic
 Choose Pattern of Dam


 
 
Males and Females Symbol ~ denotes "carrying" (m) denotes "masking" See possible Kitten colours


 

Note: Non-Agouti eumelanin masks Ticked & Tabby Pattern. Non-Agouti kittens may be be born with Tabby Markings which disappear with maturity.
Phaeomelanin does not effectively mask Tabby Patterns so that a non-Agouti Red may be indistinguishable from an Agouti Red.


 SPOTTED TABBY
Dominant Spotted gene (or group of genes) breaks up non-ticked Tabby Patterns. See example below.


SPsptktkTbtb
Spotted Mackerel~nonSpotted & Classic
 X
spsptktktbtb
nonSpotted Classic
 =


Mackerel
Spotted Mackerel
Classic
Spotted Classic