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	Cat Colors FAQ - http://www.fanciers.com/other-faqs/color-genetics.html Overview of color genetics including pigmentation, white, ticking, tabby, shading and white spotting.
	We are Siamese if you Please - http://www.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF8/836.html A short piece about the temperature sensitivity of the albino gene.
	Mosaicism in Cats - http://messybeast.com/mosaicism.htm The genetics underlying the very rare male tortoiseshell pattern in cats.
	Cat Color Genetics Primer - http://www.tenset.co.uk/catgen/indexus.html Article describing color and pattern genetics of pedigreed cats. Includes free software for computing mating color predictions.
	The Pigment Parade - http://home.earthlink.net/~featherland/off/white.html A description of the actions of the white spotting and epistatic white genes in cats.

	Basic Self (Solid) Colors of Cats - http://messybeast.com/self-solid.htm Description of the genetics of the solid colors and their modifiers.
	Torties, Calicos and Tricolor Cats - http://www.fanciers.com/cat-faqs/tricolors.shtml Information about the distinguishing characteristics of each pattern named and the genetics factors behind them.
	Feline Genetics - http://www.netpets.com/cats/reference/genetics/catgenetics.html Introduction to chromosomes and genes, illustrated using dominant white inheritance in cats.
	Feline Genetics - http://www.hdw-inc.com/genetics.htm Coat color genetics with an emphasis on the Bengal.
	Genetics of Birman Traditional Colors - http://www.birman.org/catteries/callistecats/pages/genetics.html Color genetics of the Birman breed, though using non-standard symbols for the chocolate coloration.

	Tonkinese Genetics - http://www.tonkinesebreedassociation.org/tonkgenetics.html Coat color, pattern, conformation and eye color genetics of Tonkinese.
	Practical Color and Coat Length Genetics for Abyssinian and Somali Breeders - http://www.nileabys.bigpondhosting.com/genetics.htm Article reproduced from the Abysinnian Breeder magazine explaining Abysinnian and Somali coat color inheritance.
	Genetics of Coat Colour Inheritance - http://catzinc.org.nz/genetics/genetics.html Illustrated online color predictor for black, red and pointed series.
	Tonkinese Genetics - http://www.fanciers.com/breed-faqs/tonk-genetics.shtml The color genetics of Tonkinese, Siamese and Burmese.
	Basic Genetics as Revealed by Cats - http://ib.berkeley.edu/courses/ib162/Week3a.htm Introduction to genetic terminology using the cat as an example. Covers agouti, black, dilute, albino, red, dominant white and piebald.

	Albinism Gene - http://mywebsite.bigpond.com/cornish_rex/albinogene.html Article discussing the interactions of the incompletely dominant albinism alleles of Siamese and Burmese.
	Applied Genetics as it Relates to the Burmilla - http://www.osha.igs.net/~kiddbatt/DOCS/pages/genetics2.htm Overview of feline color and pattern genetics as seen in the Burmilla. Covers agouti, black, albino, dilute, longhair, red, tabby, silver inhibitor and wide band. Many photos.
	Genetics of the Shaded American Shorthair - http://my.net-link.net/~cwjohnso/genetics.html Article about tabby genetics and modifying factors affecting it including wideband, silvering and modifying polygenes as related to the shaded American Shorthair breed.
	Simple Genetics for Cat Judges and Breeders - http://www.hotkey.net.au/~fccvic/art10.htm Brief explanations of various terms and description of the genetics behind pigmentation and breeding.
	Bengal Color and Pattern - http://www.akerrsbengals.com/colorandpattern.htm Detailed article describing the colors and patterns of the Bengal cat using TICA terminology.

	Understanding Snows - http://www.icehouse.net/illuzion/genetics101_2.html Genetics of the snow colors in the Bengal.
	Genetics of the Bombay - http://www.bombaybreedclub.org/genetics.htm Article by Jon Trotter provided by the Bombay and Asian Self Breed Club.

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