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. 2022 Jun 16;18(6):e1009804. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009804

Table 3. Genetically determined proportions of type A, type B and type AB blood for each breed or breed type with >15 individuals tested.

Breeds and breed types No. of tested cats Type A (A/A, A/b, A/c) Type AB (c/b, c/c) Type B (b/b)
Abyssinian breed types 214 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%
American Bobtail 44 84.1% 0.0% 15.9%
American Curl 47 59.6% 0.0% 40.4%
American Shorthair 49 98.0% 0.0% 2.0%
Bengal 1706 99.9% 0.1% 0.0%
Birman 174 89.1% 0.0% 10.9%
British Shorthair types 395 79.7% 0.0% 20.3%
Burmese breed types 161 98.8% 0.0% 1.2%
Chartreux 84 91.7% 0.0% 8.3%
Cornish Rex 106 66.0% 0.9% 33.0%
Devon Rex 446 69.7% 0.0% 30.3%
Donskoy 17 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Egyptian Mau 55 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%
European Shorthair 91 94.5% 2.2% 3.3%
Exotic Shorthair 68 95.6% 0.0% 4.4%
Havana Brown 30 80.0% 0.0% 20.0%
Highlander 231 99.6% 0.0% 0.4%
Khaomanee 21 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Korat 51 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%
LaPerm 35 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Lykoi 104 93.3% 1.0% 5.8%
Maine Coon 2121 99.2% 0.0% 0.8%
Manx breed types 46 97.8% 0.0% 2.2%
Munchkin breed types 109 97.2% 0.0% 2.8%
Norwegian Forest Cat 121 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Ocicat 76 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Oriental breed types 230 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Persian breed types 136 98.5% 0.0% 1.5%
Peterbald 17 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Pixiebob 33 93.9% 0.0% 6.1%
RagaMuffin 118 95.8% 3.4% 0.8%
Ragdoll 1115 96.1% 2.2% 1.7%
Russian Blue breed types 65 98.5% 1.5% 0.0%
Savannah 80 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Scottish Fold 90 87.8% 3.3% 8.9%
Scottish Straight 75 88.0% 0.0% 12.0%
Selkirk Rex 121 95.0% 0.0% 5.0%
Siamese breed types 233 99.6% 0.0% 0.4%
Siberian breed types 582 98.1% 0.0% 1.9%
Singapura 39 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Sphynx 547 92.1% 0.0% 7.9%
Tennessee Rex 35 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Tonkinese 41 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Toybob 56 87.5% 0.0% 12.5%
Turkish Angora 110 88.2% 0.0% 11.8%
Turkish Van 40 87.5% 0.0% 12.5%