The mackerel tabby pattern is the most common tabby pattern, although there are others. All tabby patterns consist of a background color called agouti, made up of banded hairs. The difference between the patterns is in the darker, solid markings. Some tabby patterns have spots instead of stripes. Mackerel tabby genes are dominant over the genes for the blotched tabby pattern, which produces swirled stripes.
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