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An orange cat is mated with a black cat in hopes of producing a tortoiseshell cat is it sexual or asexual reproduction?
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sexual If the male is black but carries dilute, and female is red, then you could get red or cream boys and tortoiseshell or blue/cream girls. If the sire doesn't carry dilute you would get red boys and tortie girls. If it's the other way round and the male is red, and female black, then you will get black boys and tortie girls. Either which way, looks like you should get a tortoiseshell!
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Are tortoiseshell cats female or male?
A tortoiseshell cat is a coat color where the cat is a molted brown cat with black, reddish, or orange patches. They can also have white paws. Tortoiseshell cats have unique genetics. The vast majority of tortoiseshell cats are female, because two X chromosomes are required to produce black, gold and orange coloring. Male cats only have one X and one Y chromosome, so technically it's genetically almost impossible for a male to inherit the tortoiseshell coloring. A male tortoiseshell has an extra X chromosome, making it an XXY. According to a study by the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Missouri, only 1 in 3000 tortoiseshell cats is male.
What did the parents of a female tortoiseshell cat and her brother a black short hair look like?
There is no way to tell. Cat genetics is complicated, and I don't know all the rules of inheritance involved, but there are multiple ways that a litter can produce both a black kitten and a tortie kitten. A cat is tortoiseshell as the result of two color genes (or alleles) found in the same locus on the X chromosome. One allele modifies fur color, changing the base color to orange or cream, and the other allele does not modify fur color. Both alleles are expressed in the coat, so that some patches are modified to red or cream and other patches retain the base color, which gives rise to the typical tortoiseshell coat. So a tortie must have one of each type of orange allelle - one that will change the base color and one that won't. One of these came from her mom and the other from her dad. A tortie will almost always be female, since males only have one X chromosome and will only have one version of the orange allele. Since her brother is black it seems likely that your tortie is the black/orange variety. If so, possible combinations of parents would be: Orange male and black female, or black male and orange female, or orange male and black/orange female, or black male and black/orange female. So far so good, but her parents may have had color genes that were not passed on to either her or her brother. For example, one parent may have had the dilution gene, changing a black fur color to blue (grey). So her parents could also have been orange male and blue female, blue male and orange female, orange male and blue/cream female, black male and blue/cream female, cream male and black female, black male and cream female. And if you add other possibilites that the kittens may not have inherited, then the picture gets even more complex. Maybe someone with better understanding of cat genetics could clarify this.
How rare is a torby cat?
dont you mean tortioseshell its only rare for male not really for female but its hard to produce and you cant clone it because it wont be the colours of a tortioseshell a tortioseshell is black and orange sometimes white when it is an adult
What does a brindle cat look like?
Striped has a stripe tabby pattern (as opposed to spotted tabby or whorl tabby). It's a type of marking. Brindle is another word for Tortoiseshell pattern. It's a color pattern with both red type and blue type patches mixed in in a random pattern without clear boundaries. Might look like a calico without any white. A cat can be tabby and tortoiseshell at the same time. That's called a Torbie. It's where the color is in a tortie pattern with tabby markings over it. White markings and roaning are goverened by separate genes, so you can also have a tortie with white or a dilute tortie.
What colour kittens will you get if you breed 2 black cats?
ginger, unless some old traits from grandparents come out...i bred a short haired cat with a tom cat and out came a long haired cat ( 3 inches!!!) if i was helpful to you could you please reccommend me and give me a trust point
An orange cat is mated with a black cat in hopes of producing a tortoiseshell cat is it sexual or asexual?
Asexual reproduction is a method by which one individual produces offspring that are genetically identical to itself. Asexual reproduction occurs through a process of cell division called mitosis. Asexual reproduction occurs in plants as well as in some animals, including sponges. If two cats are involved in reproduction, the process must be sexual.
What is a cat which is black orange AND CREAM called?
Tortoiseshell
Was Redtail a tortoiseshell?
No, Redtail was a ginger tomcat with a distinctive red tail. Tortoiseshell cats have a coat pattern with a mix of black and orange colors.
What does Calico and a tortoiseshell have in common?
they are both orange
What is a cat that's colored black orange nd cream called?
Tortoiseshell
What are the roles of an orange blossom and an orange in the reproduction of an orange tree?
germanation
What breed of cats are orange and black with a black mask?
Hi there...you may be describing a Tortoiseshell Calico cat. Their patterns vary, but generally have the colouration you describe. Here are some photos of Tortoiseshell Calico cats: http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=tortoiseshell+calico&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2
What is is a cat that's colored black orange and cream called?
This pattern is called tortoiseshell. If it has a considerable amount of white, it is called calico.
Will you get a n orange kitten if you breed a tabby cat and a orange cat?
orange is sex linked dominate, a female orange cat will almost always have a few orange kittens, and a male orange cat can have orange daughters --- If the orange one is the mother, all the male kittens will be orange. If the orange is the father, you wont get any ginger kittens but you will get tortoiseshell female kittens.
What colors are calico cats?
Orange, white and black usually, and they have them in distinct patches, unlike tortoiseshell cats, whose colors are blended together.
Your cat is a girl with the colors black orange and white and grey what kind of cat is this?
Tough to say for sure without a picture, but could it be a Tortoiseshell cat?
Which is the Largest orange producing country in the world?
Brazil is the largest orange-producing country in the world. It is known for its vast orange groves and high production levels, contributing significantly to the global orange market.
