#CLASSIC TABBY MANUAL#
#CLASSIC TABBY PLUS#

To get a colorpointed kitten, both parents must be carrying the colorpointed gene (even if they do not appear colorpointed themselves).Two colorpointed parents cannot produce a non-colorpointed offspring.Two recessive color parents (cream, blue, etc.) cannot produce an offspring of a dominant color (black, red, etc.).A cat displaying a dominant color (black, red, tortie, etc.) must have a parent which displays a dominant color (see #21).The characteristic cannot be transmitted from one generation to the next without showing that characteristic in each generation. A dominant characteristic (all dominant colors and patterns such as shaded, smoke, white, tabby, bi-color, etc.) cannot skip generations.A kitten’s pattern can be inherited from either parent.

One notable exception is the colorpoint gene, which can carry through a number of generations (see #21 & #24). The color/patterns found in the pedigree of a kitten will NOT always directly affect the color/pattern of the kitten.

Only the immediate parents determine the color/pattern of a kitten.

#CLASSIC TABBY PLUS#

To obtain any of the red or cream color/patterns in female kittens, the sire must be one of the red or cream color/patterns PLUS the dam must in some form demonstrate red or cream (see #21).The color of the female kittens in a litter will always be either a combination of the sire’s and dam’s colors, or the dilute form of those colors (see #21 & #24). Female kittens take one color gene from each parent.See the statement on dilutes for more information (see #21 & #24). The male offspring in a litter will always be either the color of the dam (or one of the colors in the case of parti-colors) or the dilute form of the dam’s color. Male kittens always obtain both color genes from the dam.When both are affected, the statement will contain the term COLOR/PATTERN. When PATTERN is used, it refers to pattern only (tabby, shaded, smoke, etc.). When the term COLOR is used, it refers to color only (blue, cream, black, red, etc.). For more information, please refer to books on the subject.

#CLASSIC TABBY MANUAL#

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