Cat coat genetics as "transmembrane aminopeptidase Q" ("Taqpep"), which also produces the king cheetah coat variant. Spotted tabbies have their stripes broken up into spots, which may be arranged vertically or horizontally. A 2010 study suggests that spotted is caused by the modification of mackerel stripes, and may cause varying phenotypes such as "broken mackerel" tabbies via multiple loci. The "Ticked" gene, "T / t", produces an "Abyssinian ticked" or non-patterned agouti tabby with the dominant allele, having virtually no stripes or bars. Stripes usually remain to some extent on the face, tail, legs, and sometimes the chest. The dominant ticked tabby allele
Japanese horse mackerel Japanese name for the horse mackerel is "aji" (あじ), and by default generally implies the species "Trachurus japonicus" (which can be more specifically referred to as "ma-aji" (まあじ), literally "true "aji""). The name is most commonly written in hiragana; although a kanji () does exist, it is not in common use. It is commonly deep fried ("aji furai" あじフライ) or salt-grilled ("shioyaki aji" 塩焼きあじ). In Korean cuisine, the fish is dubbed "jeon-gaeng-i" (전갱이) and is the default horse mackerel designated by this name. It is commonly grilled or fried as a "jeon-gaeng-i gui" (전갱이 구이). Among the specialties of Jeju