Two new, preliminary papers identify a gene related to a cat’s coloration. The work also explains why tortoiseshell and ...
After 60 years of research, scientists have discovered the gene responsible for orange fur in cats, finding that it is linked ...
Gayoung Lee is a science journalist from South Korea, now based in New York. Her main interest lies in exploring the unlikely ...
Now, two studies have finally identified the genetic key to this mystery, solving a puzzle first theorized in 1912. The studies, conducted independently by Japanese and American research teams, have ...
Analysis - Orange and tortoiseshell house cats (torties) have long been an enigma for hair coloration in mammals: now, the genetic basis of their distinctive coat colour has been unveiled.
However, some descriptors of cats are not actual breeds. Both tortoiseshell and calico fall into this category. They are not ...
After 60 years of searching, geneticists have finally identified the gene behind the marmalade coloration in domestic cats.
Tortoiseshell cats have a brindling pattern (mixture) of orange and non-orange hairs throughout the coat, with some areas mostly orange or non-orange. Calico cats have distinct patches of orange ...
Male cats have only one X chromosome, which they inherit from their mother. Since the mutation responsible for orange fur is ...
Orange and tortoiseshell house cats (torties) have long been an enigma for hair coloration in mammals: now, the genetic basis of their distinctive coat colour has been unveiled. Orange is an ...
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Cresta is a male tortoiseshell and is one of only a handful of such male cats born in the UK each year. Tortoiseshells are almost always females. The five-month-old kitten was found by the RSPCA ...