Abstract
The domestic cat has the potential to enrich the learning experiences of students of genetics. Not only is it an animal that is very familiar to students, it also displays genetic polymorphism that is expressed in the readily visible variations in coat colour, coat pattern, and coat composition. The domestic cat can provide exemplars to illustrate many of the concepts of transmission genetics, including dominance, incomplete dominance, multiple allelism, X-linkage, and lethality. The cat can also be used to illustrate other relevant concepts, including X-inactivation and effect of environment on the phenotype, as well as concepts of population genetics. Use of the domestic cat, then, can be a valuable complement to the use of the organisms that have traditionally been the objects of study in genetics. While the cat is not a suitable animal for actual breeding experiments, the use of computer simulations or discussions with cat breeders can substitute for this activity. The paper provides examples based on...
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