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The Golden Tiger is a tiger with a "blonde" coat compared to the orange-coated tigers. They are not a true subspecies, instead the distinct golden color is caused by a recessive gene, much like [[White Tiger]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_tiger Black tigers]. This gene (called [http://messybeast.com/wide-band.htm ''wideband'']) affects the production of black fur coloring during the hair growth process. | The Golden Tiger is a tiger with a "blonde" coat compared to the orange-coated tigers. They are not a true subspecies, instead the distinct golden color is caused by a recessive gene, much like [[White Tiger]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_tiger Black tigers]. This gene (called [http://messybeast.com/wide-band.htm ''wideband'']) affects the production of black fur coloring during the hair growth process. | ||
All Golden Tigers in captivity and human care can be traced back to one white tiger named Bhim. | All Golden Tigers in captivity and human care can be traced back to one white tiger named Bhim. Bhim is the son of a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captive_white_tigers#Tony,_Bagheera,_and_Frosty:_A_new_strain part-white Amur tiger] named Tony. Tony is considered to be a common ancestor of all white tigers in North America and Bhim was a carrier of the wide band gene. He (Bhim) transferred this trait to some of his offspring. | ||
|trivia=* Another name is the ''Golden Tabby Tiger'' | |trivia=* Another name is the ''Golden Tabby Tiger'' | ||
* Unlike their Orange, White, and Black counterparts, Golden Tiger stripes are reddish-brown instead of black. | * Unlike their Orange, White, and Black counterparts, Golden Tiger stripes are reddish-brown instead of black. | ||
* Breeders of golden cats note the wide band as a single gene (Wb/wb), and is most likely a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygenic polygenic trait]. | * Breeders of golden cats note the wide band as a single gene (Wb/wb), and is most likely a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygenic polygenic trait]. | ||
* If a cub has two copies of the wideband gene, it results in a stripeless white tiger. | |||
|reference=* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_tiger Wikipedia Page] | |reference=* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_tiger Wikipedia Page] | ||
* [http://messybeast.com/wide-band.htm MessyBeast.com] | * [http://messybeast.com/wide-band.htm MessyBeast.com] | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_coat_genetics Cat Coat Genetics Wikipedia] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_coat_genetics Cat Coat Genetics Wikipedia] | ||
* | * ["Annotated chart, Bhim and Indira's lines & Longleat lines". messybeast.com. Bhim and Indira's Lineage] | ||
* [https://www.luo-lab.org/publications/Xu17-CellRes-GoldenTiger.pdf "The genetics of tiger pelage color variations"] (PDF). Cell Research. 27 (7): 954–957. doi:10.1038/cr.2017.32. PMC 5518981. PMID 28281538. | |||
* L. A. K. Singh (2000). [https://www.academia.edu/7819624/Singh_L._A._K._2000_Colour_aberration_in_tiger_its_biological_and_conservation_implications._Summary_of_Talk_at_National_Seminar_Tiger_Tiger_4-5_August_2000_Indian_Museum_Calcutta "Colour aberration in tiger: its biological and conservation implications. Summary of Talk at National Seminar "Tiger Tiger", 4–5 August 2000, Indian Museum, Calcutta"]. Academia.edu. | * L. A. K. Singh (2000). [https://www.academia.edu/7819624/Singh_L._A._K._2000_Colour_aberration_in_tiger_its_biological_and_conservation_implications._Summary_of_Talk_at_National_Seminar_Tiger_Tiger_4-5_August_2000_Indian_Museum_Calcutta "Colour aberration in tiger: its biological and conservation implications. Summary of Talk at National Seminar "Tiger Tiger", 4–5 August 2000, Indian Museum, Calcutta"]. Academia.edu. | ||
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