Talk of colours and genetics has got me speculating (not for the first time) about what colour and hair length my original cats' (Jaffa and his brother Magpie) parents might have been. I got them from a rescue so have no idea what they were and can only speculate at what they might have been. I'm curious though, esp as to whether they could have come from the same pairing or are likely to have had different fathers. They were total opposites in personality too.
Jaffa is a shorthaired ginger (orange) tabby and Magpie was a long haired black and white. I understand that white is not a true colour and that red and black are the only true colours - right? So Jaffa got the red and Magpie the black? From a tortie mother? Is long hair recessive? Would both parents have needed to carry the gene for long hair for Magpie to have been long haired?
Any thoughts and answers gratefully received!
Jaffa is a shorthaired ginger (orange) tabby and Magpie was a long haired black and white. I understand that white is not a true colour and that red and black are the only true colours - right? So Jaffa got the red and Magpie the black? From a tortie mother? Is long hair recessive? Would both parents have needed to carry the gene for long hair for Magpie to have been long haired?
Any thoughts and answers gratefully received!