Hairless cat breeds make unique pets. While lack of fur is a result of a natural mutation in some cat breeds, others have been developed by creatively crossing breeds.
Possum (below) was born in central North Carolina in July 2015 in an otherwise normal looking litter of strays. She was the runt and was the only kitten with the sparse-hair trait. Possum was born hairless except for a few patches of grey fur. Her rescuers quickly found homes for the o...
However in double homozygotes Fgf5 go-Y / Fgf5 go-Y hr/hr alopecia started 4 days later, namely on day 18. It usually finished 10鈥 12 days after detection of first bald patches. On days 28鈥 30 double homozygotes lose coat completely. Hair loss in double homozygous mice was 1.5-fold...
Sphynx cat, Breed of hairless domestic cat, founded on two spontaneous mutations in shorthaired cats. The first occurred in 1975 when Jezabelle, a stray, produced a hairless female kitten, Epidermis, followed by another the next year. The second occurred