Golden

Controls: A warm golden undercoat instead of silver.

How it works

Golden is a recessive expression linked to the wide-band trait that produces a warm apricot-gold undercoat with darker tipping, most striking in shaded and chinchilla cats.

Alleles

wbGolden (wide band)Recessive

WbNot goldenDominant

Related genes

I locus — silver & smoke

Whether the hair has a silver-white base (silver, smoke, chinchilla).

B locus — black series

Whether the black pigment shows as black, chocolate or cinnamon.

D locus — dilution

Whether a colour is dense (full) or dilute (softened).

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