Conclusion
We suggest that Lucifer, tortoiseshell male (14), arose by partial non-disjunction in his mother.
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Bamber, R.C., Herdman, E.C. A report on the progeny of a tortoiseshell male cat, together with a discussion of his gametic constitution. Journ. of Genetics 26, 115–128 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02991448
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