Kittunkatz Emkay carries the sheeted marble gene. This conclusion is based on the fact that one of his kittens was born with a sheeted marble pattern, even though no marble ancestry appears within the five-generation pedigree. Upon closer observation, it is likely that somewhere beyond the 10th generation, there was an ancestor expressing the marble pattern. This recessive gene may have been silently passed down through many generations without visible expression. In conclusion, Emkay is conside