Male torties ??

[hannah (weeny)]

well here's a little of what i remember....

cat coat colour is sex linked. females = XX, males = XY
something being sex linked mean that it is on the X chromosome.
if a gene is recessive it needs 2 the same to be expressed.
tabbie cat colour is recessive on the X, needs to be there twice for it to happen.
boy cats can be tabbie if they have an extra X chromosome. so they would be XXY.? this is called klienfelters syndrome.? human men can get this too.? think in humans the men are taller than usual, and can be infertile, but its not a definite thing - so guess its the same for puddy cats!!!!!! they have smaller man bits too i think. they are men, but a little bit girly i guess.... higher voices as well.

crazyness!!!!!!!!!!!
hope that made a little sense and no one got too bored!!!!

xx

oops - meant tortie, got carries away and they both start with t!!!!!!!!

[bagpussarah]

You learn something new everyday don't you?! I thought that male torties were infertile too!

[hannah (weeny)]

its a genetics thing, but as far as i know, although boy torties are unusual, they are normal when it does happen.
same with calico cats.

if anyones that intrigued i can find my notes on it and explain it all!!! i thought it was pretty cool, had never known this until last year in my lectures.

[Desley (booktigger)]

At least one of the male torties I have read about were pedigrees. Someone on my American forum posted a link of loads of them - post on this thread about 9ish tomorrow reminding me to root it out for you!!

[CurlyCatz]

gosh that's even more intriguing, i thought they were infertile if it happened LOL

[Desley (booktigger)]

There are two ways of having a male tortie, one is an extra gene, there is a special name and it also happens in humans, and I can't remember the other one for the life of me - but it explains it in Messybeast. I would assume Ron's are typos, I have seen pics of male torties, and one of them had actually been used as a stud - but unlike females, they only pass on one of hte colour genes.

[CurlyCatz]

mmm we i'd have thought a typo but cant see that happening twice without it being noticed, was just about to get very interested in someone having 2 male torties.

[Gill (sneakiefeline)]

Suspect it a typo but you could pm ron and ask him

[CurlyCatz]

as far as i was aware if you get one they are basically freaks of nature and can have female reproductive parts aswell (cant remember where i read that)

i personally have never come across one

but i was just looking of Rons site and see he has a torie looking for a home which is described as HE and also another tortie that has been homes which is also described as HE

can someone suggest if this is a mistake or if brighton has a male tortie population ??