This is Sombra (Shadow in English) Although I had planned to adopt an older cat I couldn't resist the appeal in Sombra's eyes. She is 4 years old and will soon be my own little girl.
golondrina - Oh, Heavens, she's absolutely beautiful! Congratulations on finding and adopting this beautiful little girl.This is Sombra (Shadow in English) Although I had planned to adopt an older cat I couldn't resist the appeal in Sombra's eyes. She is 4 years old and will soon be my own little girl. View attachment 229128
golondrina - The Feline Genome Project is, indeed, very important indeed; it's taught us a great deal about health problems in cats, and has taught breeders how to avoid such problems - and most of this is due to the work of one woman - Les Lyons - who built quite nearly from the ground up, many of the programs at the University of California, Davis which we not take for granted (feline DNA testing first and perhaps foremost among them). Doctor Lyons' Silver Tabby Study (an open-to-public-contribution study which focuses entirely upon the I Gene) can be found here:Thank you OneCatOverTheLine. I have printed the information you provided to read it in comfort and keep it for reference. Interesting that the studies on colouring seem just as important as on breeds.