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The Origin of the Domestic “Blotched” Tabby Cat

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SINCE writing my previous letter I have had an opportunity of seeing Mr. Pocock, and was glad to hear that he himself had brought the question of the origin of our domestic cats before the Mendelians.

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VICKERS, H. The Origin of the Domestic “Blotched” Tabby Cat. Nature 84, 331 (1910). https://doi.org/10.1038/084331a0

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