The charcoal colored coat seen in some Bengal cats is the product of 2 distinct alleles of the ASIP gene inherited together. The first allele is the one associated with a solid black coat (melanism) in domestic cats, while the second alelle is inherited directly from the Asian leopard cat.
ASIP
Autosomal recessive (compound heterozygocity)
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