Gato pelagem casco de tartaruga
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A casco de tartaruga é uma coloração de pelagem de gato nomeada por sua semelhança com o casco de tartaruga . Assim como as chitas, os gatos tartaruga são quase exclusivamente fêmeas.[1][2][3][4] Os cascos de tartaruga masculinas são raras e geralmente estéreis. [a] [6][4]
- ↑ "This is because the genes that code for this coat color are carried on the female, or X, chromosome. Tortoiseshells inherit one X chromosome carrying the gene for the color black from one parent and another X chromosome, carrying the gene for the color yellow or orange, from the other. Two X chromosomes mean that the kitten inheriting them will be female. In the rare case that a tortoiseshell is male, he has three chromosomes: two X's and a Y."[5]
Referências
- ATKINS, Carla. Cats: An Owner's Guide (2003). San Diego, Califórnia: Thunder Bay Press .ISBN 1-59223-097-0ISBN 1-59223-097-0
Ligações externas
- "Padrão de cor Tortoiseshell Cat, Tortie Cat" em animal-world.com
- Gatos de tartaruga e tricolores
- gato malhado
- tortiecats.free.fr, site que mostra a diversidade de tortie e casacos de chita
- ↑ Centerwall, W. R.; Benirschke, K. (1975). «An animal model for the XXY Klinefelter's syndrome in man: Tortoiseshell and calico male cats». American Journal of Veterinary Research. 36 (9): 1275–1280. PMID 1163864
- ↑ Centerwall, W.R.; Benirschke, K. (1973). «Male Tortoiseshell and Calico (T-C) Cats: Animal models of sex chromosome mosaics, aneuploids, polyploids, and chimerics». Journal of Heredity. 64 (5): 272–278. PMID 4798734. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a108410
- ↑ Atkins (2003), p. 61
- ↑ a b Noli, Chiara; Colombo, Silvia. (2020). Feline dermatology. Cham: Springer. ISBN 978-3-030-29836-4. OCLC 1159164563
- ↑ Carver, Leslie. «Characteristics of Tortoiseshell Cats». The Nest. Consultado em 19 de dezembro de 2015
- ↑ Atkins (2003), p.105