Blue Maine Coons
The “grey” Maine Coon is actually a blue Maine Coon actually is a gray color, however it is registered and refereed to as “blue”. They can have a bit of a blue sheen to their fur but the fur is not actually blue in color. The fur is smoky grey in appearance, and the ear tuffs can be blue or white(ish). Like all other coat colors the Blue Maine Coon can also have white on its body. Cat breeds most noted for coming in blue color include the Russian Blue, Chartreux, Korat, British Shorthair, Nebelung. Many breeds of cats come in blue color, it is recessive so selections must be made to produce it. Recessive colors require two copies of an allele are needed to express the phenotype (a recessive allele is hidden in heterozygous cats).
D-Locus & New D2-Locus
Recessive Dilute Color “Blue”
| Chocolate | Dilute | Basic Color Description |
|---|---|---|
| B/B or B/b | D/D | Black |
| B/B or B/b | d/d or d2 | Blue |
| b/b | D/D | Liver/Chocolate |
| b/b | d/d or d2 | Lilac |
| e/e | D/D | Yellow |
| e/e | d/d or d2 | Champagne |
| D/D | Non-dilute | The cat carries two copies of the non mutated MLPH allele. In most cases the cat will express a normal, non-dilute coat color and will always pass on a copy of the "D" allele to all offspring. |
| D/d | Carrier of dilute | Both the dominant and recessive MLPH alleles detected. In most cases the cat will have a normal, non-dilute coat and is a carrier of the dilute coat color. The cat can pass either MLPH allele on to any offspring. |
| d/d | Dilute | The cat has two copies of the recessive mutated MLPH allele. In most cases the cat will have a dilute colored coat. He will always pass on a copy of the MLPH allele on to any offspring. |
| D/d2 | Carrier of dilute | Both the dominant non mutated MLPH allele and recessive d2 mutated MLPH alleles detected. In most cases the cat will have a normal, non-dilute coat and is a carrier of the d2 dilute coat color. The cat can pass either MLPH allele on to any offspring. |
| d2/d2 | Dilute | The cat has two copies of the d2 recessive mutated MLPH allele. In most cases the cat will have a dilute colored coat and will always pass on a copy of the MLPH allele on to any offspring. |
| d/d2 | Dilute | The cat carries one copy of d and one copy of d2 mutated MLPH allele. In most cases the cat will have a dilute colored coat and will always pass on a copy of either MLPH mutated allele on to any offspring. |
Blue Maine Coon Photos
