established 1989
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SEAL LYNX POINT TABBY (DIVISION) SEAL SEPIA TABBY (DIVISION,) AND SEAL MINK TABBY (DIVISION)
Pattern on an off-white background. Pattern coloring comes from the combination of two basic genes: seal lynx point gene (cs,cs) and seal sepia gene (cb,cb). These genes combine in the following way to create the colors.
The seal lynx tabby
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The seal lynx point kittens are born white and the color gradually comes on as they mature. The kitten at left is a four month old seal lynx point… showing a bit more of color, as she matures the body pattern color will more closely resemble the coloring on the legs and tail. Full color develops when they are about a year to a year and a half old. | 
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The chart below shows the inheritance that must exist for the seal lynx gene to be in the phenotype (outer appearance).
| Mother cs, cs and father cs, cs are both seal lynx . All four kittens are seal lynx (cs,cs) |
cs cs |
cs cs |
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cs cs |
cs cs |
terms: heterozygous, carries two genes
homozygous: carries one gene
| A seal mink (cb,
cs) and a seal lynx (cs,cs) would
produce the following.
2 seal lynx 2 seal mink |
cb | cs | A seal mink (cb,
cs) and a seal mink (cb,cs)
would produce the following:
1 seal sepia 2 seal mink 1 seal lynx
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cb | cs | A seal sepia (cb,cb) and a seal lynx (cs,cs) will produce all seal minks. | cb | cb | A brown tabby recessive for seal lynx bred to a brown tabby recessive for seal lynx: (b,cs) 1 homozygous brown 2 heterozygous brown 1 seal lynx | |||
| cs | cb cs | cs cs | cb | cb cb | cs cb | cs | cb cs | cb cs | b | cs | ||
| b | b b | b cs | ||||||||||
| cs | b cs | cs cs | ||||||||||
| cs | cbcs | cs cs | cs | cb cs | cs cs | cs | cb cs | cb cs |
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Seal mink spotted female.
As a kitten and then as an adult. She exhibits the seal lynx point gene and the
seal sepia gene combination with the dominant spotted gene.
The seal mink tabby is born with the markings on the coat. The coloring comes from the combination of the seal lynx point gene (cs) and the seal sepia gene (cb). These cats have aqua eyes which can vary from the blue-blue green to more of a green. Seal minks are produced when parents carry the sepia gene and the other parent carries the sepia. |
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Many combinations can come from this… but both of the genes must be present to create a seal mink.
NOTE: Any combination can come from the seal mink combination. In a litter of four you could get:
| 4 seal mink |
| 4 seal lynx |
| 4 seal sepia |
On the average you should get:
| 1 seal lynx |
| 2 seal mink |
| 1 seal sepia |
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This is a seal mink marble male. (He is the middle kitten) The pattern and color are visible even as a new born. As an adult, his eye color will become aqua and his pattern will clear even more. The seal mink marble has the recessive gene of the sepia and seal lynx for color and the recessive gene of marble for pattern. |  |
The seal sepia (cb,cb) comes from the introduction of the Burmese coloring into the Bengals. Seal sepias exhibit a gold to green eye color and are full colored at birth. Some sepias can be quite hard to distinguish from the brown tabbies. In some cases it is difficult to distinguish the color of the seal mink and the seal sepia until these cats are bred and produce progeny. The sepia cannot produce a seal lynx. If a seal lynx is produced in a breeding of the cat in question then it is a seal mink.
Bar charts showing color ranges.
Paw pads Are seal brown with rosy undertones.
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