Feline Genetics
Breeders Assistant for Cats has comprehensive coverage of cat genetics, both for coat color inheritance and congenital diseases. Use of these features requires the Genetics Option.
Breeds
We supply genetic configurations for most common breeds, including:
Abyssinian American Curl American Shorthair American Wirehair Angora Balinese and Javanese Bengal Birman Bombay and Asian British Shorthair Burmese Burmilla Colourpoint Cornish Rex Devon Rex Egyptian Mau Foreign White Havana Brown Japanese Bobtail Maine Coon Manx and Cymric Norwegian Forest Cat Oriental Longhair Oriental Shorthair Persian Ragdoll Scottish Fold Selkirk Rex Siamese Siberian Singapura
Somali Sphynx Tiffanie Tonkinese Turkish Van
We also supply a generic configuration that includes all color and disease genes and can be used for other breeds not specifically covered above.
Color Genes
Our genetic configurations handle most recognized coat colour & breed genes, including:
Agouti Albino Chocolate Blue Dilution Dilute Blue Modifier Inhibitor of Melanin Rufous Wideband Red White Spotting Dominant White Mackerel/Blotched Tabby Ticked Tabby Spotted Tabby Glitter(Bengal) Longhair Devon Rex Cornish Rex Oregon Rex Selkirk Rex Wirehair Curled Ears Japanese Bobtail Folded Ears Manx Tailed Manx Tail Length
Congenital Defects (Feline Genetic Diseases)
We also cover a wide range of congenital defects for which the mode of inheritance is known, including:
Aortic Stenosis Blood Group Centralised PRA Chediak-Higashi Syndrome Cleft Lip/Palate Cutaneous Asthenia Episodic Weakness Flat-Chested Kitten Syndrome Four-Ears Gangliosidosis GM1 Gangliosidosis GM2 Generalised PRA Globoid Cell Leukodystrophy Haemophilia A
Haemophilia B Hageman Factor Hydrocephalous Hyperchylomicronaemia Hyperoxaluria Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Hypochondroplastic Dwarfism Hypothyroidism Mannosidosis Meningoencephalocele Mucopolysaccharidosis 1 Mucopolysaccharidosis 6 Neuroaxonal Dystrophy Patella Luxation Pelger-Huet Anomaly Polycystic Kidney Disease(PKD) Polydactyly Porphyria Sparse-Fur Spasticity Spheroid Lysosomal Disease Sphingomyelinosis Split-Foot Tremor
We supply all the above configurations in two formats - one suited for American English and another suited for British English.
It is possible to extend any genetic configuration by adding genes not included. Note that we handle both discretely inherited traits and polygenic traits.
See Also:
Genetics Overview
Cat Color Genetics
Entering Genotypes
Comprehensive Dog Genetics
Inbreeding & Common Ancestors
Polygenic Inheritance Modelling
Mating Predictions
Gene Inheritance Probabilities
Genetic Configuration Files
Genotype Verification
Covariance Analysis
Gene Frequency Analysis
