training for sparrowstar

the second one's still missing two answers. :3

But you got the first one right so excellent work!

okay sweet! Next lesson, tabbies!

This part is really big, so I'm gonna split it into two parts to make it a little easier to understand (hopefully).

Everything you've learned up until now are called 'solid' cats. That is because they look, well, very one-color. Very solid in consistency.

Tabbies are controlled by something called the agouti gene. An active agouti gene (A_) will cause the cat to become a tabby. Solids, aka inactive agouti (aa), are recessive, so that's why you CANNOT get tabbies in a solid x solid litter, but you CAN get both tabbies and solids in a tabby x tabby OR a tabby x solid litter.

We always assume domestic tabbies to carry Aa, so you can always get both tabbies, and solids in litters.

As for naming tabbies, it's quite straightforward: you just add 'tabby' after the color.

ex:
blue tabby, chocolate tabby, fawn tabby, etc.

The ONLY one whose name changes is black. We do not call black cats with an ACTIVE agouti 'black tabby'. They do not look black, they look dark brown. This is why we call them BROWN tabbies.

Restating:
Black tabby = brown tabby
black tabby -> incorrect term
brown tabby -> correct term

okay, now try these. Again, if you feel comfortable with punnett squares you don't have to do them. At least write the genotypes though, so I can see if/where mistakes are made.

brown tabby x brown tabby

fawn x lilac tabby

blue tabby x chocolate

EDIT;;

just so you know I've added up all the lessons to complete for the test, plus extra tidbits that you might be interested in knowing for later.