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Persian cat: Chocolate and Lilac color

Chocolate  or  lilac  Persians?It is necessary to understand genetic
appropriatenesses of these colors to know the
Can it be possible? I, as an owner, breedingrules of breeding and receiving of Lilacs and
Persians and exots, pose myself such aChocolates.
problem quite recently. Of, course they
exist, if to see from genetic point of view.Black color of the hair equally with red is
These colors are included into standard,considered to be the basic color. Pigment
there is their description, but... Where aremelanin in black color - eumelanin, in red -
they? By all accounts from abroad, they havepheomelanin. All the rest various colors
such animals but for some reason they are(except white) are only derivatives of these
more often met in pedigrees of British catstwo. Black color of the hair is formed under
as experimental partners for leading newthe influence of gene B - black, which is
color into the breed, but not like exhibitiondefined full chromogenesis. The pigment
stars. It had to spent lots of time to answerequally assignes to the axis of hair from the
the question: "What is the real situationroot till the tip. Gene B - black of black
with Lilac and Chocolate in the Persiancolor is prepotent, and behind it the row of
group?"recessive  genes  can  be  hiden:
The paradox came to light at once: there isGene brightener D (delutor - i.e. diluent),
enough big number of Points with Chocolatethat gives an opportunity to receive from the
and Lilac masques and practically fullgiven sire kittens of blue color. This gene
absence of equally colored individuals.is charged with distribution of pigments,
Probably, the fashion played its role in it.their more thin location along the axis of
After all, from the genetic point of viewhair, making the tone of the hair more light;
Lilac-Point color is more difficult in
receiving than, for example, Chocolate SolidGene b of chocolate color ( special location
(solid-monochromatic, "firm" colour). Now,of pigments along the axis of the hair) ,
thanks to fashion's jokes, selectionists aregiving an opportunity to receive from the
forced to word for word take out Chocolategiving animal kittens of chocolate color and,
and Lilac either from Solid-carriers CRCin combination with gene-brightener D, lilac
(carriers of Color-Point gene) or to workcolor. Consideration must be given to the
simpliciter with color lines, makingfact that gene b is recessive. I.e. to
copulations Solids (moreover it is desirablereceive kittens of chocolate color, both of
of stronger type) with Colors and furtherparents must be carrier of this gene, and to
interbreeding on the Color parents. Suchreceive the posterity of lilac color, both of
copulations are made for a long time, butparents must have at the same time genes D
purposeful selection are begun recently inand  b;
this  direction.
Gene of siamese color is interesting by
Only several breeding nurseries work today inopportunity to receive the posterity with
this  direction:siamese marks, including blue, chocolate and
lilac colors (in the presence of genes of
This is JUKI in Poland. It is world-famousclarification and chocolate color at the same
nursery. But again they have Chocolate andtime).
Lilac not like purpose of selection, but like
a side effect of Color-Points' breeding ofPresence of given genes can define, studied
modern  type.the pedigree of sire or in practice, choosing
partners with known genetics. But to receive
This is Smaragd in Estonia, which specializesthe color, close to ideal, it is necessary to
in Persian and Exotic cats of Lilac color andkeep to the rule - to pair similar with
uses in the work cats from JUKI and Finnishsimilar. The main requirement for the quality
nurseries.of lilac and chocolate color is their tender,
warm tone. These colors go well together, but
Lilac cat of strong type, reached highas possible partners it is allowed to choose
victories by FIFE system. Pedigree program ofcats of Red, Cream colors, who give their
the nursery is various and includesLilac and Chocolate progeny pinkish tint of
copulations  with  Chocolate  sires.hair and bright eye color. To Lilac and
Chocolate Tabbys can be recommended Golden
This is Tair Polling in Ukraine, using alsoTabbys as possible partners or improvers of
bloods of JUKI, but specializing, vice versa,type.
only in Chocolates and Tabbys. You can see
first kittens from this oldest KharkovPeculiarity of today's situation in Chocolate
nursery  in  Moscow.breeding of Persian is that the task to get
rid of Siamese gene became the purpose of the
This is club Irbis (FIFE) in Krasnodar,selectionists. At the first stage of the work
working at the Colors' bloods and carriers ofit comes to the leading this gene into the
Chocolate. Today the nursery Rarity of onerecessive state. In future, numerous
sire, cat of Lilac color. Now you can see thecopulations of Chocolates and Lilacs 'inside
first  Lilac  prosterity  of  show-quality.them' will allow to clear up the color gene
of  the  population.
The nursery Kelisa in Sochi is the nursery of
Chocolate Persians. Prosterity of the sameIt would seem that there is nothing simplier
type, thought-out pedigree program. Theto pair Lilac-Point with Red cat, and then
nursery plans the receiving of Lilac Exotsinterbreed littermates between each other.
and  the  perfection  of  the  type.But the question of the type stands the most
sharply in Persians than in other breeds.
Several animals of Chocolate color appearedThat's why such way is inconvinient - doing
in Russia and Ukraine, but you can't see thethe step forward, it has to do two steps
result of breeding yet. Or these cats stillback. What we have to do? Very often animals
too young, or the pedigree program is notof black color, especially in extreme breeds
thought out, giving a soon result. Chocolateare the carriers of the strongest, modern
Exot of Kharkov bloods lives in Sainttype, that's why they are used as improvers
Petersburg (owner is Orlova S.), also thein the breeding of animals of different
city on Neva can boast of Chocolatecolors such as Points, Smokes, Bicolors and
Color-Point, imported from Poland, one moreeven Chinchillas. That's why it is
Exot from Kharkov is purchased by the nurseryappropriate to attract exactly them (or
Dimarsh  (Moscow).Tortoiseshell cats, received from black,
high-class  sires)  to the chocolate program.
Ther are animals of modern type in Perm and
Voronezh, but because of their remotenessExtract from the standard of Persian colors
from the capital or passivity of the ownersWCF  (edition  by  1995)
we  have  a  few  information  about  them.
PER b CHOCOLATE Color: All colors of brown
The nursery Alexander-Fred (Moscow) has threeare accepted, without rust, white hairs or
Chocolate Persian cats ( of different bloodpicture. Without grey undercoat, color must
lines), one Chocolate Exot, Chocolate Creambe equal. Lobe of the nose: Color of milky
cat, and also several cats-carriers ofchocolate Pads: Color of cinnamon or
chocolate gene. The nursery plans thechocolate Eye  color:  Copper or deep-orange
receiving of Chocolate and Lilac Bicolor
cats. The nursery leads common pedigreePER c LILAC Color: Color of hair is pale
program  with  Kelisa  (Sochi).lilac with light pink shimmer, without white
hairs or picture. Without grey undercoat,
Several enthusiasts in Moscow started thecolor must be equal. Lobe of the nose: Lilac
breeding of Chocolate and Lilac Persians, butPads: Lilac-pink Eye color: Copper or
probably they either didn't have enough meansdeep-orange
to purchase interesting sires or purposefully
decided to go all the way ofToday the interest to the rare Persian colors
coming-into-being of animals' type, whoincreases. That's why I hope that very soon
originally received chocolate color by thewe can often see the rarest and the most
way  of  interbreeding.mysterious Chocolates and Lilacs on the
shows!



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