size traits

[Trystan Parx]

(10-01-2012 07:56 AM)Liriel Garnet Wrote:  

(09-30-2012 05:03 PM)Trystan Parx Wrote:  

(09-30-2012 04:29 PM)Sara Franco Wrote:  

(09-30-2012 04:24 PM)Trystan Parx Wrote:  I'm beginning to become convinced that toy/teacup ARE genetic and not random. I have gotten a toy and a teacup from the same toy kitten and mate, and looked at the pedigree and there is toy and teacup all over. Attached image

I have the same belief for a while but I'm not sure at all. It is very hard to keep track of the grandparents to see if they had the size.

It would be easy enough to prove, put two teacups together, if its genetic, and teacup is the most recessive, then you're gonna get teacups every time. It appears to me from my admittedly limited experimenting that the Dominance would go Normal>toy>teacup

I have mated two teacups and gotten a normal sized box, so it's not a directly passable trait. I have always noticed, however, they tend to run in certain lines, kind of like twins run in certain families in real life.

Once again, I'm not saying you're wrong, but is it possible that they changed something recently? I'm going to continue my research here, but I find it hard to believe its a coincidence when this pair has had 2 kittens, one toy, one teacup. If you look at the picture I posted to start this, there are 9 cats in that family group. 6 are either teacup or toy. (The two child cats of "Bengie" at the bottom, "Sheldon and an unnamed boxed cat, are the teacup and toy I am referring to)