Editing Sphynx cat (section)

=== Breeding ===
In 2010, DNA analysis confirmed that Sphynx hairlessness was produced by a different [[allele]] of the same [[gene]] that produces the short curly hair of the [[Devon Rex]] (termed the "re" allele), with the Sphynx's allele being [[incompletely dominant]] over the Devon allele and both being recessive to the [[wild type]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite journal|last1=Gandolfi|first1=Barbara|last2=Outerbridge|first2=Catherine A.|last3=Beresford|first3=Leslie G.|last4=Myers|first4=Jeffrey A.|last5=Pimentel|first5=Monica|last6=Alhaddad|first6=Hasan|last7=Grahn|first7=Jennifer C.|last8=Grahn|first8=Robert A.|last9=Lyons|first9=Leslie A.|date=October 2010|title=The naked truth: Sphynx and Devon Rex cat breed mutations in KRT71|journal=Mammalian Genome|volume=21|issue=9–10|pages=509–515|doi=10.1007/s00335-010-9290-6|issn=0938-8990|pmc=2974189|pmid=20953787}}</ref> Other associations may vary, and the [[Russian Blue]] is a permitted outcross in the [[Governing Council of the Cat Fancy]] (GCCF).<ref>{{cite web |title=Sphynx Registration Policy |url=https://www.gccfcats.org/Portals/0/BreedRegPols/Sphynx%20Registration%20Policy%20updated%202017.pdf?ver=2017-11-09-125944-257 |publisher=Sphynx Breed Advisory Committee |access-date=30 October 2019 |date=2017}}</ref>