Atavism is a special genetic phenomenon, which refers to the anatomical and physiological characteristics of human ancestors that have disappeared in modern humans.
It is also used in cats That is to say, the physical characteristics that disappeared from the ancestors of cats have appeared in cats. For example, Siamese cats are now short-haired cats. If both parents are purebred short-haired Siamese cats, a long-haired Siamese cat will be born. situation, it means that this Siamese cat has returned to its ancestors.
The phenomenon of atavism is a A less common biological "degeneration" phenomenon, such as a furry child whose body is covered with hair after birth, is an atavistic "degeneration" phenomenon of human hair tissue and organs. Therefore, the location where the atavism phenomenon appears is uncertain.
Due to this special physiological phenomenon, many unscrupulous businessmen use the special physiological phenomena of hybrid Siamese cats to publicize In particular, atavistic cats are used to raise prices, such as Siamese cats with stripes and Siamese cats with eyes that are not blue but other colors. In fact, these Siamese cats are just of impure blood. For those who really love cats, It is said that there is no difference, but when buying Siamese cats, be careful to be deceived by unscrupulous merchants.
In fact, many times we don’t need to care about the cat’s pedigree, we only need to care about the cat’s health. After all, not every cat has "aristocratic" blood.
