MUTANT ALLELE FREQUENCIES IN DOMESTIC CAT POPULATIONS IN CATALONIA, SPAIN, AND THEIR GENETIC-RELATIONSHIPS WITH SPANISH AND ENGLISH COLONIAL CAT POPULATIONS

Two Catalan cat populations (Spain) were analyzed. The genetic profiles of these Catalan populations are very homogeneous. The low q (t(b)) values are the most outstanding factors. These populations and two British cat populations were compared with different colonial settlement cat populations. A close genetic relationship was found between Catalan populations and those of California, Texas, Colorado, Mexico and the North of South America (Caracas and Willemstad (Curacao)).