Cat Genetics for Writers & Artists part 9: Fur Length & Textures [CC]

Sorry for how few drawings are in this one. Drawing different fur textures is a weak point of mine, so for an educational video I wanted more clear visuals than what I could produce.

Terminology Google doc mentioned in the video: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MnJ5qDvdoS2eDBBC3g-6MROOJVGWqfKVaEjBYyJMoMk/edit?usp=sharing

Playlist for previous videos:

Sources/Further reading:
Allelic variants of longhair 1: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2052.2007.01590.x
Allelic variants of longhair 2: https://academic.oup.com/jhered/article/98/6/555/2188095?login=false
Sphynx & Devon Rex locus identified: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00335-010-9290-6
Sphynx & Devon Rex dominance: https://vgl.ucdavis.edu/test/sphynx-and-devon-rex-coats
Devon Rex desc (read “Hair”): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devon_Rex
Donskoy inheritance (scroll to “Hairless Russian (Peterbald and Donskoy)”): http://messybeast.com/gene-symbols.htm
Donskoy complex & incomplete dominance: https://europepmc.org/article/med/10822817
Different Donskoy phenotype descs 1: http://peterbald.com/
Different Donskoy phenotype descs 2: https://www.annamaesflowerscattery.com/about-russian-peterbalds
Different Donskoy phenotypes descs 3: https://www.wisdompanel.com/en-us/cat-breeds/donskoy
Homozygous Donskoy health concerns (teeth & milk): http://messybeast.com/russian-breeds.htm
Homozygous Donskoy insanely high kitten mortality rate: http://www.kantrowitz.com/peterbald/preventing-fading-kitten-syndrome.pdf
Peterbald Origins™ (read “History”): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peterbald
Selkirk found on KRT71: https://www.nature.com/articles/srep02000
Selkirk desc, mechanics, & dominance (read “Genetics”): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selkirk_Rex
Selkirk genetics & complete dominance: https://everycat.org/cat-health/why-the-selkirk-rex-has-an-unusual-hair-coat/
Selkirk desc (both breed & hair type) & CFA implying complete dominance: https://cfa.org/selkirk-rex/
Weird Selkirk incomplete dominance model suggestion: https://vgl.ucdavis.edu/test/selkirk-rex-coat
Cornish Rex mechanics & desc: https://www.thesprucepets.com/learn-all-about-the-cornish-rex-cat-4694497
Cornish Rex genes & inheritance: https://vgl.ucdavis.edu/test/cornish-rex-coat
German Rexes are Cornish Rexes: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0067105
LaPerm desc 1: https://cfa.org/laperm/
LaPerm desc 2 (last paragraph of “Description”): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaPerm
LaPerm alleles: https://www.lapermcatclub.com/the-laperm-gene
General rex info + coat care: https://basepaws.com/blogs/news/curly-cat-coat
General hair type info + genes: https://encyclopaediafelidae.com/coat-length/
Lykoi lymphocytic folliculitis 1: https://petkeen.com/lykoi-wolf-cat-health-problems/
Lykoi lymphocytic folliculitis 2:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7348984/
Lykoi skin problems: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309617016_Clinical_and_Histologic_Description_of_Lykoi_Cat_Hair_Coat_and_Skin
Pictures of Lykoi skin conditions (mild graphic warning): https://fimbry.tumblr.com/post/707530997533655040/lykoi-the-werewolf-cat-breed
Lykoi roaning + recessive inheritance: https://www.petmd.com/cat/breeds/lykoi-werewolf-cat
Lykoi breed origins + recessive inheritance: http://messybeast.com/lykoi-story.htm
Multiple Lykoi alleles (scroll to “Sparse (Lykoi)”): http://messybeast.com/gene-symbols.htm
First Lykoi-to-Lykoi breeding in 2011 & other “sparse” Lykoi-phenotype breeds: http://messybeast.com/curly-cats-sparse.htm

Comic sans is used to aid viewers w/Dyslexia, since this video is particularly text- & letter-heavy.

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00:00 – Intro
00:16 – The L Locus
01:00 – How Hair Works
02:10 – Sphynx & Devon Rex
03:37 – Donskoy/Peterbald
05:58 – Selkirk
07:31 – Cornish (& German) Rex
08:13 – LaPerm
09:07 – Lykoi
11:36 – Practice Squares