Bob

[nurseangel]

When I was responding to another thread, I realized I don't know what coat pattern Bob has. He is a Manx, with both spots and stripes. I am assuming that he has to have some kind of tabby pattern.

Sweet:

Mad at Mama:

Side view:

The spots may become elongated as he gets bigger. They are a difficult to see in the pictures, but right now, they are there. The top picture was taken last night.

 

[Devia Morgenstern]

Max is a mackerel tabby with an unusual expression of the spotted gene or a broken mackerel tabby.
Basically, cats inherit genes that determine whether they will be encoded as a mackerel tabby or a classic tabby. Then there's the spotted gene. The spotted allele acts by breaking up the already existing pattern into dashes or spots. In mild cases, you'll notice certain stripes on a mackerel tabby that seem shorter than the rest. The spotted tabby is an extreme expression of the gene. Somewhere in between the two is the broken mackerel tabby.

 

[StefanZ]

We usually call this pattern for a broken mackerel. Its a variation of the mackerel gene. (mackerel in some other laguages called for striped or tigrered)

 

[nurseangel]

Thank you! After I answered the other thread, I went searching for Bob's pattern and couldn't find it.