Why dont dewpaw amberpaw and snowpaw look like cloudtail? (warrior cats question)
Ok I'm confused here...whitewing she just SCREAMS Cloudtail...and honestly when I saw Dewpaw,snowpaw and amberpaw I was like.."what the check? It's like Hollyleaf jayfeather and lionblaze all over again!" I mean amberpaw he kinda whispers "brightheart" he's kinda got her color but way off...I looked on the warrior cats Wikipedia and it said they are his and her official kids and I'm confused...only 2 look like the parents...it's just..that one Jackie Chan face for me...I need a explanation!
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To truly answer that question, I'd need to be an expert on cat's genetics, but I do know a thing or two about them.
Cloudtail = a pure white cat (mother was a brown tabby)
Brightheart = a white cat with ginger patches (mother was white)
So, they both have the white gene, right? Now, in genetics, white isn't a colour. It's a gene.It's the white gene that has the dominance in both Brightheart and Cloudtail. So, when they mate, Cloudtail's dominant white gene and Brightheart's See More▼ dominant white gene mix together to the create a white gene in each of their kittens. Which explains why each of their kittens has some form of white in them.
But, that doesn't answer your question, does it? Whitewing has obviously got a dominant white gene, which she has inherited from Cloudtail here. Now, because Brightheart has ginger as well, and Cloudtail's mother (Princess) is a tabby, Princess's tabby gene and Brightheart's ginger gene mixed together to create - you guessed it - a ginger tabby.
That's Whitewing and Amberpaw done and dusted, but what about Dewpaw and Snowpaw? Now, after a bit of research, I found out that Snowpaw is a white cat, so I don't know why your asking about him. Also (a bit of science) the white gene is not a colour. A cat appearing white is simply because the white gene is dominant. However, when two cats with the dominant white gene mate, sometimes the dominant white gene is passed down to one kitten but not the other two. This is why white cats can have bicolour kittens.
Dewpaw's colouring is due to the dominant white gene being passed down to Snowpaw. His type of colouring is called 'mitted'. Why his dominant gene is grey, we will never know. It might be something to do with Cloudtail's mysterious father.
Cloudtail = a pure white cat (mother was a brown tabby)
Brightheart = a white cat with ginger patches (mother was white)
So, they both have the white gene, right? Now, in genetics, white isn't a colour. It's a gene.It's the white gene that has the dominance in both Brightheart and Cloudtail. So, when they mate, Cloudtail's dominant white gene and Brightheart's See More▼ dominant white gene mix together to the create a white gene in each of their kittens. Which explains why each of their kittens has some form of white in them.
But, that doesn't answer your question, does it? Whitewing has obviously got a dominant white gene, which she has inherited from Cloudtail here. Now, because Brightheart has ginger as well, and Cloudtail's mother (Princess) is a tabby, Princess's tabby gene and Brightheart's ginger gene mixed together to create - you guessed it - a ginger tabby.
That's Whitewing and Amberpaw done and dusted, but what about Dewpaw and Snowpaw? Now, after a bit of research, I found out that Snowpaw is a white cat, so I don't know why your asking about him. Also (a bit of science) the white gene is not a colour. A cat appearing white is simply because the white gene is dominant. However, when two cats with the dominant white gene mate, sometimes the dominant white gene is passed down to one kitten but not the other two. This is why white cats can have bicolour kittens.
Dewpaw's colouring is due to the dominant white gene being passed down to Snowpaw. His type of colouring is called 'mitted'. Why his dominant gene is grey, we will never know. It might be something to do with Cloudtail's mysterious father.
Your_Average_Fangirl
Oh ok thanks! I was starting to think they were adopted
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on December 18, 2014
on December 18, 2014