Cats
can see the silver roots. In goldens, the effect is similar except that the hair shaft is gold rather
than white. These cats are still self colours, but the colour distribution has been modified!
There is another effect known as silver-tipping; this is the sparkling silver tips to the
otherwise black fur of Chausies. It is an effect inherited from Jungle Cats (F chaus) and is
seen in purebred melanistic Jungle Cats. Affected cats are self coloured, but with a modifier
which is new to domestic cat genetics.
A WIDER PALETTE OF COLOURS
The previous sections dealt with solid colours and how they are affected by two types of
dilution, three types of colour restriction, agouti ticking and silver/golden shading.
There are genes which control how evenly the hair is coloured i.e. the bands of colour on
each hair
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