![]() ![]() Recessive genes are what cause different color variations - in tigers as well as people. ![]() Then the child has a 50/50 chance to have either color hair. In order for the child to have blonde hair, the parent with dark hair must also have a recessive gene for blonde hair. If one parent has a dark hair, and the other has blond hair, the child will usually have dark hair because the gene for dark hair is dominant. A person may have dark hair and that would be the trait they most likely would pass on to their children, especially if both parents have the same color gene. Relaxing it causes the letters to appear closer together.Ĭolor and striping is controlled by gene groups that are inherited from the parent's genes, the same as hair color in humans. It's kind of like writing on a rubber band while it is stretched. But as the cub grows the stripes move farther apart because everything is expanded at the same rate. No two tigers are marked the same, much like a person's fingerprints.Ī tiger is born with all the stripes it will ever have, and there appears to be more stripes than coloring. It is interesting to note that every stripe pattern is unique. Some tigers will have dark, wide stripes while some have fewer stripes that are narrower. The stripes also vary in shade, size and abundance. There are different shades of orange ranging from almost yellow to dark burnt orange. The orange colored tiger with black stripes is, of course, the most prevalent. I don't know if that would be true, but there are definitely different colors of tigers. It has been said that if there were as many tigers are there are house cats, there would be as many colors of tigers are there are colors of house cats. ![]()
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