Funda Yimuphi Umbuso Owamukelwa UCalicos njenge-Cat Official
Abantu abaningi bayamangala lapho bezwa ukuthi iningi lamakati e-calico yizinsikazi. Kungani lokhu? Ingabe i-calico cat ingaba yindoda? Funda kabanzi mayelana nezakhi zofuzo zombala ezithombeni.
Iyini Ikati Le-Calico?
I-calico cat akuyona inkathi yekati, iyimodeli yombala. Ukubizwa ngokuthi "calico," imibala emithathu kufanele ibe khona: omnyama, omhlophe, no-orange. Izinguquko zale mibala zifaka i-grey, ukhilimu, ne-ginger.
Ikati ye-calico yangempela inamabhuloki amakhulu lala mibala emithathu. Amanye amagama amakati we-calico afaka ama-tortoiseshell noma "ama-torties," ama-brindle, noma ama-tricolor amakati.
Ubulili kanye namaGenesis
Amakati we-calico ngokuvamile ayesifazana. Futhi, lokhu kubangelwa yingxenye enkulu kwizakhi zofuzo. Umbala wengubo yinkimbinkimbi eyinkimbinkimbi yegciwane elidumile nelingazange libuswe phakathi kwama-X chromosomes. Njengoba umbala wengubo ingumuthi ohlobene nocansi, ingenye yezimpawu zomzimba zenkathi ezihluka ngokusekelwe ubulili.
Izilwane zesifazane zinama-chromosomes amabili ama-X (XX), kanti abesilisa bane-X chromosome eyodwa ne-Y chromosome eyodwa (i-XY). I-genetic encoding yokuba nombala omnyama noma we-orange kwengubo itholakala ku-X chromosome. Umbukiso wombala ungama-orange noma omnyama. Ukubhalisa umhlophe kuyisisindo esihlukile ngokuphelele.
Ezilwaneni ezincelisayo, enye ye-chromosomes ye-X ivinjelwe ngokungahleliwe, ebizwa ngokuthi i-X-inactivation, esitokisini ngasinye. Ngamakati we-calico, ukuxuba okungahleliwe kohlobo lwezakhi zofuzo ezivuliwe noma ezivaliwe kunikeza ukuboniswa kombala we-orange kanye nombala omnyama.
Njengoba abesifazane abanama-chromosomes amabili amabili, bayakwazi ukuba nemibala emibili ehlukene (i-orange noma emnyama, kuye ngokuthi yini i-X ayicacisiwe) nomhlophe; ekwakheni ukuxuba kathathu embala.
Njengoba abesilisa abane-X kuphela ye-chromosome eyodwa, banomuthi owodwa omnyama noma we-orange kuphela futhi bangabonisa kuphela i-orange noma emnyama (okunye noma okunciphisa okumhlophe, okulawulwa yinye isakhi).
Amakhanda aseCalico Amadoda
Amakati we-Calico akuzona abesifazane njalo. Amakati e-calico amnyama akhona futhi ngokuvamile ane-chromosomal aberration yama-chromosomes amabili amabili ne-Y chromosome eyodwa (i-XXY). Amakati analokhu kulungiselelwa kwe-chromosomal ngokuvamile ayinyumba, okusho ukuthi abakwazi ukuzala. Le syndrome ifana nesimo esibizwa ngabantu okuthiwa i-Klinefelter's syndrome, noma i-XXY syndrome.
Ama-Cool Calico Cat Facts
Ngo-Okthoba 1, 2001, ikati le-calico yaba ikati elisemthethweni lase-Maryland e-United States. Amakati e-calico akholelwa ukuthi ulethe inhlanhla emlandweni wamasiko amaningi. Abagibeli bamaJapane babevame ukuba nekati lomkhumbi we-calico ukuvikela ngokumelene nenhlekelele olwandle.
Ezinye izinhlobo ze-Coat
I-cat genetics inesibopho sokukhiqiza izinhlobo eziningi zamakati nezinhlobo zejazi. Izinhlobo ezivamile zihlanganisa ibicolor noma ikati le-tuxedo (ikakhulukazi elimnyama ngesifuba esimhlophe), amakati amathebhu anezintambo noma ama-marbled, namakati ombala oqinile.
Amakati ahlanzekile, amakati we-albino eqiniso, aphezulu kakhulu. Okuvame ngokwengeziwe ukubonakala kombala omhlophe omhlophe obangelwa ukungabi namanoloteti, noma amangqamuzana e-pigmentation, esikhumbeni. Amakati amhlophe anamehlo amabili noma amabili aluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka kakhulu okuba yisithulu.