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The 22 pages that link to Cat coat genetics, each with the reason it gives.

• Cat breed standardRelated: Standards may specify permissible colors, patterns, or coat textures.

• Persian catRelated: Genetic inheritance explains the Persian’s long coat and wide range of colors.

• Cat breedingRelated: Coat traits are among the most visible targets of selective mating.

• Siamese catNarrower topic: These genes explain the Siamese’s temperature-sensitive color pattern.

• British ShorthairRelated: Its dense coat and many color varieties arise from inherited coat traits.

• Maine CoonRelated: Coat-length genes help explain the breed’s long, dense fur.

• Balinese catNarrower topic: These inheritance rules explain how point color and long hair occur in the breed.

• Oriental ShorthairNarrower topic: Genetics helps explain the breed’s unusually broad range of colors and patterns.

• American ShorthairRelated: Its many accepted colors and patterns arise from inherited coat traits.

• Cornish RexNarrower topic: The breed’s unusual coat results from inherited changes to hair structure.

• Exotic ShorthairNarrower topic: A recessive long-hair variant explains why short-coated parents can produce long-haired kittens.

• Abyssinian catNarrower topic: It explains how the Abyssinian’s coat pattern is inherited and expressed.

• Burmese catRelated: Burmese coat color is tied to a temperature-sensitive form of albinism.

• Devon RexNarrower topic: The Devon Rex’s curly coat is an inherited trait shaped by coat-related genes.

• Sphynx catNarrower topic: A recessive variant in this genetic system produces the Sphynx’s characteristic hairlessness.

• Manx catRelated: Coat traits vary independently of the Manx tail mutation.

• Somali catNarrower topic: Genes affecting hair length and pigment banding distinguish Somali coats.

• Tabby catNarrower topic: Tabby markings are one outcome of the broader system of feline coat inheritance.

• Tonkinese catNarrower topic: Coat genetics explains how Tonkinese ancestry produces distinct color patterns.

• Turkish AngoraRelated: Its silky coat and range of colors reflect inherited feline coat traits.

• Ragamuffin catRelated: Its many recognized colors and patterns arise from combinations of coat-color genes.

• Russian BlueRelated: These inherited traits produce the breed’s characteristic blue-gray fur.