Here's how it works:
* Identifying desirable traits: Breeders choose cats with the desired coat color and other traits they want to emphasize.
* Breeding: They then mate these cats together, hoping to produce offspring that inherit the desired traits.
* Selecting offspring: The breeders select the offspring that most closely resemble the desired traits, and use them for further breeding.
* Repeating the process: This process of selecting and breeding continues over several generations, gradually increasing the frequency of the desired traits in the cat population.
Selective breeding has been used for centuries to create the wide variety of cat breeds we see today, each with its unique physical characteristics and temperaments.