Layering in tygras genetics involves which markings are on top, on bottom, or in the middle. This system may seem complex, but it is actually fairly simple to understand if you take some time to look at it! First off, you need to know where you can view your layering. Remember that tygra we were looking at on the main genetics page?



The order of markings on your tygra's page go from the bottom-most marking to the top-most marking. So for example, Sprinkles has ocean on bottom, with speckled in the middle and tabby on top. That can be seen on her image!

What happens when you breed two tygas? What layering does the cub inherit? First we will look at a simple example and apply the concept to a more complicated example. Below, you will see Kafei, Willie and their cub - a little family you should be used to by now if you have been through all of the pages!



What happens in layering is that the cub will first inherit the father's layering order directly, from bottom to top. This can be seen as the cub as first collie, then ocean. Secondly, the mother's markings will be added on top, starting from the bottom of her markings that the father did not have, and continuing on up. As a result, the cub as collie on bottom, then ocean, the serval.

Now we will move on to a more complex example, and see that this rule holds true no matter how many markings there are!



You can see here that the first markings on the cub, starting from the bottom, are layered exactly like the father. From there, you simply take what is left from the female (all the markings the male did not have), start from the bottom, and add them on top of the males markings. Thus, the top-most marking on the female that is NOT shared with the male will be the top-most marking on the cub!

Remember that if the parents have the exact same markings, the cub will always inherit the exact same layering as well!