Cool Cats!

Saturday we went to the AKC "Meet the Breeds" event at Jacob Javits center. Although it was mostly dogs, we were really there to see the cats.

Below is a Bengali cat. The coat is beautiful.

Next is a "curly" cat. Note the ears. This is an autosomal dominant trait, but the gene has not yet been determined. I was told it is being worked on my the veterinary genetics team at UC Davis. I am guessing it is a polymorphism in a collagen gene. You can learn more about curls