Cats are always special, with every feline having a special story to tell. Whether it is the tale of their birth or their ...

Stanford Medicine researchers discover mechanisms of sex-linked genetic mutation giving rise to ginger felines.

Scientists have finally unraveled the long-standing mystery behind orange cat fur, pinpointing the Arhgap36 ... Arhgap36 pigment cells have the colour black or brown. In females, the coat colour ...

Two new studies found that a small, missing piece of DNA located next to a specific protein resulted in orange fur coloration in cats.

Orange cats have a unique genetic mutation that gives them their special coats — and this mutation also explains why so many of them are male, two new studies find. Many animals have orange hair ...

If a female cat inherits one orange and one black gene, they develop patchy or mottled coats that is seen in calicos and tortoiseshells. "These ginger and black patches form because, early in ...

Female cats that inherit only one copy of the gene appear partially orange with a mottled pattern known as tortoiseshell, or with patches of orange, black and white known as calico. The findings ...

her coat would likely become a patchwork of orange and black because only one of her X chromosomes is turned on in each cell. But most other mammals — even big cats like tigers — don’t ...

Many an orange cat-affiliated human will vouch for their cat's, let's say, specialness. But now scientists have confirmed that there is, in fact, something unique about ginger-hued domestic felines.

Female cats with one copy of sex-linked orange appear partially orange—with a mottled pattern known as tortoiseshell, or with patches of orange, black and white known as calico. That's due to a ...

From Tama, Japan's most famous stationmaster calico cat, to the lasagna ... the gene to be fully orange, making them less common. If females inherit one orange and one black gene, they develop ...