Persian cat: Chocolate and Lilac color

Chocolate or lilac Persians?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 a problemChocolates.
quite recently. Of, course they exist, if to seeBlack color of the hair equally with red is
from genetic point of view. These colors areconsidered to be the basic color. Pigment melanin
included into standard, there is their description,in black color - eumelanin, in red - pheomelanin. All
but... Where are they? By all accounts fromthe rest various colors (except white) are only
abroad, they have such animals but for somederivatives of these two. Black color of the hair is
reason they are more often met in pedigrees offormed under the influence of gene B - black,
British cats as experimental partners for leadingwhich is defined full chromogenesis. The pigment
new color into the breed, but not like exhibitionequally assignes to the axis of hair from the root
stars. It had to spent lots of time to answer thetill the tip. Gene B - black of black color is
question: "What is the real situation with Lilac andprepotent, and behind it the row of recessive
Chocolate in the Persian group?"genes can be hiden:
The paradox came to light at once: there isGene brightener D (delutor - i.e. diluent), that gives
enough big number of Points with Chocolate andan opportunity to receive from the given sire
Lilac masques and practically full absence ofkittens of blue color. This gene is charged with
equally colored individuals. Probably, the fashiondistribution of pigments, their more thin location
played its role in it. After all, from the geneticalong the axis of hair, making the tone of the hair
point of view Lilac-Point color is more difficult inmore light;
receiving than, for example, Chocolate SolidGene b of chocolate color ( special location of
(solid-monochromatic, "firm" colour). Now, thankspigments along the axis of the hair) , giving an
to fashion's jokes, selectionists are forced toopportunity to receive from the giving animal
word for word take out Chocolate and Lilac eitherkittens of chocolate color and, in combination with
from Solid-carriers CRC (carriers of Color-Pointgene-brightener D, lilac color. Consideration must
gene) or to work simpliciter with color lines,be given to the fact that gene b is recessive. I.e.
making copulations Solids (moreover it is desirableto receive 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 parents
copulations are made for a long time, butmust have at the same time genes D and b;
purposeful selection are begun recently in thisGene of siamese color is interesting by
direction.opportunity to receive the posterity with siamese
Only several breeding nurseries work today in thismarks, including blue, chocolate and lilac colors (in
direction:the presence of genes of clarification and
This is JUKI in Poland. It is world-famous nursery.chocolate color at the same time).
But again they have Chocolate and Lilac not likePresence of given genes can define, studied the
purpose of selection, but like a side effect ofpedigree of sire or in practice, choosing partners
Color-Points' breeding of modern type.with known genetics. But to receive the color,
This is Smaragd in Estonia, which specializes inclose to ideal, it is necessary to keep to the rule -
Persian and Exotic cats of Lilac color and uses into pair similar with similar. The main requirement
the work cats from JUKI and Finnish nurseries.for the quality of lilac and chocolate color is their
Lilac cat of strong type, reached high victories bytender, warm tone. These colors go well together,
FIFE system. Pedigree program of the nursery isbut as possible partners it is allowed to choose
various and includes copulations with Chocolatecats of Red, Cream colors, who give their Lilac
sires.and Chocolate progeny pinkish tint of hair and
This is Tair Polling in Ukraine, using also bloods ofbright eye color. To Lilac and Chocolate Tabbys
JUKI, but specializing, vice versa, only incan be recommended Golden Tabbys as possible
Chocolates and Tabbys. You can see first kittenspartners or improvers of type.
from this oldest Kharkov nursery in Moscow.Peculiarity of today's situation in Chocolate
This is club Irbis (FIFE) in Krasnodar, working atbreeding of Persian is that the task to get rid of
the Colors' bloods and carriers of Chocolate.Siamese gene became the purpose of the
Today the nursery Rarity of one sire, cat of Lilacselectionists. At the first stage of the work it
color. Now you can see the first Lilac prosteritycomes to the leading this gene into the recessive
of show-quality.state. In future, numerous copulations of
The nursery Kelisa in Sochi is the nursery ofChocolates and Lilacs 'inside them' will allow to
Chocolate Persians. Prosterity of the same type,clear up the color gene of the population.
thought-out pedigree program. The nursery plansIt would seem that there is nothing simplier to
the receiving of Lilac Exots and the perfection ofpair Lilac-Point with Red cat, and then interbreed
the type.littermates between each other. But the question
Several animals of Chocolate color appeared inof the type stands the most sharply in Persians
Russia and Ukraine, but you can't see the resultthan in other breeds. That's why such way is
of breeding yet. Or these cats still too young, orinconvinient - doing the step forward, it has to do
the pedigree program is not thought out, giving atwo steps back. What we have to do? Very
soon result. Chocolate Exot of Kharkov bloodsoften animals of black color, especially in extreme
lives in Saint Petersburg (owner is Orlova S.), alsobreeds are the carriers of the strongest, modern
the city on Neva can boast of Chocolatetype, that's why they are used as improvers in
Color-Point, imported from Poland, one more Exotthe breeding of animals of different colors such as
from Kharkov is purchased by the nurseryPoints, Smokes, Bicolors and even Chinchillas.
Dimarsh (Moscow).That's why it is appropriate to attract exactly
Ther are animals of modern type in Perm andthem (or Tortoiseshell cats, received from black,
Voronezh, but because of their remoteness fromhigh-class sires) to the chocolate program.
the capital or passivity of the owners we have aExtract from the standard of Persian colors WCF
few information about them.(edition by 1995)
The nursery Alexander-Fred (Moscow) has threePER b CHOCOLATE Color: All colors of brown are
Chocolate Persian cats ( of different blood lines),accepted, without rust, white hairs or picture.
one Chocolate Exot, Chocolate Cream cat, andWithout grey undercoat, color must be equal.
also several cats-carriers of chocolate gene. TheLobe of the nose: Color of milky chocolate Pads:
nursery plans the receiving of Chocolate and LilacColor of cinnamon or chocolate Eye color: Copper
Bicolor cats. The nursery leads common pedigreeor deep-orange
program with Kelisa (Sochi).PER c LILAC Color: Color of hair is pale lilac with
Several enthusiasts in Moscow started thelight pink shimmer, without white hairs or picture.
breeding of Chocolate and Lilac Persians, butWithout grey undercoat, color must be equal.
probably they either didn't have enough means toLobe of the nose: Lilac Pads: Lilac-pink Eye color:
purchase interesting sires or purposefully decidedCopper or deep-orange
to go all the way of coming-into-being of animals'Today the interest to the rare Persian colors
type, who originally received chocolate color byincreases. That's why I hope that very soon we
the way of interbreeding.can often see the rarest and the most
It is necessary to understand geneticmysterious Chocolates and Lilacs on the shows!