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If I cloned a tortie, calico, or spotted cat, would the colors appear in the same place on the clone or would it be random?

PS I have a good background in cat coat genetics, but I don't exactly understand how the x-linked inactivation works.
gpt
I can oy answer about the calico. The spots from calico cats come from something called the Lyon hypothesis. What happens is that in every cell one of the X chromosomes is inactivated by bar bodies and a gene for hair color is on the x chromosome in cats. So in every cell there is basically a 50/50 chance of which X chromosome will be expressed. This is why only female cats are calicoes by the way. Hope this helps!