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The Genetics of Munchkin Cats
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Genetics
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Munchkin cats have a Lethal Homozygous Gene, meaning that they can only have one 'munchkin' gene, or they will die before they are born. They can have one munchkin-breed parent, but if they have both munchkin-breed parents, the kitten will not live. It is a dominant recessive gene, so it is hereditary. A Heterozygous munchkin cat also has a chance of having Munchkin kittens.
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What's a Munchkin Cat?
Punnett Squares
This is a Punnett Square showing the genotype for a kitten who had one munchkin breed parent, and one non-munchkin breed parent. There is a 50% chance the kitten would be the munchkin breed, and a 50% it would be a non-munchkin breed.
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A Munchkin Cat is a rare breed of cat, the phenotype has very short arms and legs, as well as a very long tail, almost the size of it's body. They can have many traits from other breeds, including color, as well as size. All munchkin cats are hybrids from other breeds.
M- Munchkin Gene
m-non Munchkin gene
This is a crossed Punnett Square for a kitten with two Homozygous dominant Munchkin genes. There is a 25% the kitten would not be born alive, a 50% it would be born a Munchkin Breed, and a 25% chance it would be born a non-munchkin breed cat.