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Calico Cats Color Pattern - Genetics

The calico color pattern is a lovely one, with black, red, and white all represented in clear color blocks. Calicos are lovely girls, along with the rare, almost always sterile male. Learn the complex genetics behind the calico color pattern, and feast your eyes on beautiful calico cat pictures.
Torties, Calicos and Tricolor Cats
Barbara French, Tarantara Cattery, Rochester, NY offers a fairly simple explanation of various forms of tri-colored cats, with this FAQ.
Lucky Calico Cat
Explore the complicated genetic patterns beneath tri-colored calico cats - supposedly written by a novice, but in thorough detail.

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