Hey folks,
I've wondered this for a while now and thought I'd "ask the experts". I apologize if this has been talked about before.
My brother has a female (spayed) red/white mackeral tabby DSH. I had always heard that this was impossible and that if it happened, the female would usually be sterile (same with tortoishell males).
I was wondering if she could have gotten a copy of the red gene from both parents and not gotten the black gene, or would she have to be a very odd "xxy type" female?
What combinations of parents would cause a red female tabby? (i.e. red tom and calico queen, etc?).
And, one final question... does the "cream" (dilute red) also function/work the same way (with regards to gender) as the regular red does?
Thanks for your time and help!
Art
I've wondered this for a while now and thought I'd "ask the experts". I apologize if this has been talked about before.
My brother has a female (spayed) red/white mackeral tabby DSH. I had always heard that this was impossible and that if it happened, the female would usually be sterile (same with tortoishell males).
I was wondering if she could have gotten a copy of the red gene from both parents and not gotten the black gene, or would she have to be a very odd "xxy type" female?
What combinations of parents would cause a red female tabby? (i.e. red tom and calico queen, etc?).
And, one final question... does the "cream" (dilute red) also function/work the same way (with regards to gender) as the regular red does?
Thanks for your time and help!
Art