Feline

Cat Coat Color Testing

Daylene Alford January 10, 2012 May 07, 2015

The following labs provide DNA color testing. This list is not meant to be comprehensive and is for reference only.

Daylene Alford January 10, 2012 October 28, 2022

At the present time there are at least three (3) white spotting patterns in cats.

Daylene Alford October 24, 2011 April 16, 2013

[h3]Scientific Articles[/h3]

Chocolate coated cats: TYRP1 mutations for brown color in domestic cats.

Daylene Alford September 21, 2011 October 28, 2022

Cats exhibit a wide variety of coat colors, and as with all domestic animals, their colors are controlled by a variety of dilutions and modifiers.

Daylene Alford July 10, 2011 October 28, 2022

As with all mammals, cats produce two types of pigment: eumelanin (black) and phaeomelanin (red/yellow).