![]() So I want the symbols to be as short and clear in plaintext as possible.įor now, I’m going with G > g sh > g e > g c, corresponding to the currently used sequence WB > wb SIB > wb eSIB > wb BSH. It’s in my interest to keep any subscripts and superscripts short, since I can’t use them in the dropdowns in my calculators and guarantee they’ll be readable to everyone. It was previously used for Birman gloving, but since that has been mapped to KIT, gloving now shares a locus with white spotting and dominant white. G is a nice candidate since it can stand for golden, and it’s not currently in use for any cat genes. I don’t expect it to catch on with researchers, but hopefully I can provide a nice alternative for breeders and hobbyists. What gives me the authority to coin a new gene symbol? Well, I’ve done it before when I needed to (Bengal Modifier is my doing) and people don’t seem to mind. Even though CORIN causes “wide banding”, it is distinct from the existing concept of the wide band trait. Some people still choose to use Wb for standard golden as though it is incomplete dominant, or else use symbols such as Wb+, Wb++ to track it. “Wide band” has long been used as the name of the trait causing standard golden and silver shaded and tipped phenotypes, and has been generally accepted to be polygenic for some time. The researchers have decided to use the symbol wb for CORIN, but I strongly disagree with this. It is golden tipped with almost no residual black, and the underside of the cat may become very pale. Goes by several other names at this point, but I have consistently used copper so that’s what I’m sticking with. Visible difference between those homozygous for agouti (standard sunshine), and those carrying solid (dark sunshine).Įxtreme Sunshine - Sunshine with minimal markings, similar to the golden tipped phenotype.Ĭopper - Found in BSHs. ![]() Looks very similar to golden, but the hair is always pale to the root and they lack the dark nose rim found in most tabbies. It also comes in shaded and tipped varieties, where we get less and less of the residual black-based markings. It is a black-based tabby with the background color being golden and the markings being their normal black-based color. Standard Golden - Found most famously in British Shorthairs, but also present in other breeds. And, “copper” phenotype golden British Shorthairs have been identified to have yet another mutation! All of these are recessive to the standard phenotypes. An additional allele, extreme sunshine, has also been identified. This is going to be my masterpost until I get an article up on the main site about it.įor those not in the loop, sunshine in Siberian cats has recently been mapped to the CORIN gene, the same one that causes golden tabby tigers. And the prices are still rising and won’t stop rising until all those lobbyists are kicked out of our government (which sadly isn’t happening) so yeah.ĭetangling the all new CORIN stuff today! This is important enough and long enough that we’re getting genetics on main. Again, only fish and meat are still safe, but, not to be extremely political but to be extremely political, v*gan lobbying in my country has raised the prices for animal-based products to extremes so we just can’t afford it. Eating means pain and nausea for hours now. Since my intestines don’t digest the food, I’m barely getting any nutrients at all, so my joints are constantly in horrible pain and I’m fatigued 24/7. The waiting list for diagnostics is also 6 months long. ![]() It’s progressive but in the last I’d say… 2 months it’s rapidly gotten to the point where I can barely eat anything now. I have an undiagnosed disorder that causes me to not be able to digest most foods (only meat and fish). My physical health has also gone down the drain. ![]() I can’t play games or anything either, it’s like a huge mental block that won’t go away. I can’t do anything to relax, drawing has been impossible for a few weeks now. So mentally, I’m doing decent! I’m going back to vet school, I’m taking driving lessons (actually drove home for the first time yesterday!!) and in 2 weeks I have my first appointment at the gender clinic yeehaw (after 6 years of being diagnosed with GD and 3 years on a waiting list)īut my anhedonia has grown extreme. This ask is the perfect opportunity for me to update all my followers: ![]()
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