German rex: A rexoid coat mutant in the cat
β Scribed by Roy Robinson
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 1968
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 91 KB
- Volume
- 39
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0016-6707
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A new, dominant, rexoid coat mutant (Rd) in the cat is described, discovered in the Netherlands.
The Oregon rex is shown to be due to an autosomal recessive gene (symbol ro) and is independent of the two previously known rexoid genes, Cornish rex and Devon rex.
Surveys of gene frequencies in domestic cat (Fe/is catus) populations were carried out in four cities in the Netherlands. The principal variants recorded included seven mutant alleles affecting coat colour and hair length. Significant differences in frequencies were found between cities at some of t