Editing Turkish Angora (section)

==Genetic variations==
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Breeders in Turkey feel that the cat's fine-boned version of its natural breed is unrepresentative of the true Turkish cats, which are much sturdier. American "Turkish" Angoras have only a minimal remnant of the original [[Atatürk Forest Farm and Zoo]] DNA, and are only "purebred on paper".<ref name="messybeast">{{cite web |last=Hartwell |first=Sarah |title=The Domestication of the Cat |url= http://messybeast.com/cathistory.htm |access-date=21 December 2017 |work=MessyBeast.com}}</ref>{{Self-published source|date=December 2023}}<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Hartwell |first=Sarah |title=The Tangled Tale of the Turkish Angora |url= http://messybeast.com/angora-debate.htm |access-date=11 September 2023 |work=MessyBeast.com}}</ref>{{Self-published source|date=November 2022}}

A genetic study of pedigree cat breeds (using [[DNA]] taken from pedigreed cats in the U.S. and Europe) and worldwide random-bred populations showed the Turkish Van as a distinct population from the Turkish Angora despite their geographical association. The Turkish Angora was grouped with the pedigreed Egyptian Mau and random-bred Tunisian cats. Turkish random-bred cats were grouped with Israeli random-bred cats, while the Turkish Van was grouped with Egyptian random-bred cats.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1016/j.ygeno.2007.10.009 |title=The ascent of cat breeds: Genetic evaluations of breeds and worldwide random-bred populations |year=2008 |last1=Lipinski |first1=Monika J. |last2=Froenicke |first2=Lutz |last3=Baysac |first3=Kathleen C. |last4=Billings |first4=Nicholas C. |last5=Leutenegger |first5=Christian M. |last6=Levy |first6=Alon M. |last7=Longeri |first7=Maria |last8=Niini |first8=Tirri |last9=Ozpinar |first9=Haydar |journal=Genomics |volume=91 |pages=12–21 |pmid=18060738 |issue=1 |pmc=2267438}}</ref>
However, the [[University of California, Davis|UC Davis]] studied only American cat fancy registered Angoras rather than the "true" Turkish Angora or Ankara Kedisi directly from Turkey, and especially from the Ankara Zoo.<ref name="messybeast" />{{Self-published source|date=December 2023}}<ref name=":1" />{{Self-published source|date=November 2022}}

A genetic study published in 2012<ref name="pmid23171373">{{cite journal |doi=10.1111/age.12008 |title=Variation of cats under domestication: Genetic assignment of domestic cats to breeds and worldwide random-bred populations |date=2012 |last1=Kurushima |first1=J. D. |last2=Lipinski |first2=M. J. |last3=Gandolfi |first3=B. |last4=Froenicke |first4=L. |last5=Grahn |first5=J. C. |last6=Grahn |first6=R. A. |last7=Lyons |first7=L. A. |journal=Animal Genetics |pmid=23171373|volume=44 |issue=3 |pages=311–324 |pmc=3594446}}</ref> included a few cats imported from Turkey. The study found that "Turkish-versus USA-originating Turkish Angoras&nbsp;... are resolved as separate breed populations."<ref name="pmid23171373" /> The American Turkish Angoras are categorised as descendants of European random-bred cats, and cats imported from Turkey "were assigned to the Eastern Mediterranean" group.<ref name="pmid23171373" />