Cats
the more moderate conformation.
Lynx point (UK) 1990. Lynx point (UK) 1990.
Breakthrough Tabby Pattern in Colourpoints
Cats born of Siamese parents sometimes have a tabby/spotted pattern breaking through so
strongly that the cat appears to be a tabby/spotted Oriental or a tabby/spotted sepia (Burmese)
pattern. Viewed closely, the pattern colour is heavily ticked on a paler ticked background.
This breakthrough pattern is evident from kittenhood and not the same as age-related
darkening in Colourpoint cats. It is inherited, possibly due to modifier genes that prevent the
colourpoint gene from properly inhibiting the colour/pattern on the normally pale areas of the
body.
A stongly marked seal-tabby Siamese with a breakthrough spotted pattern (looked like a
Spotted Tabby Oriental with blue eyes) mated to a Siamese produced a litter containing one
strongly marked classic tabby that looked more like a Classic Tabby Oriental with blue eyes
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