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

The existence of orange cats dates back to at least the 12th century, but scientists have only had theories that a sex-linked ...

Researchers identified an unusual genetic mutation in orange domestic cats that has not been found in any other animal, ...

Orange cats often strut around like they own the place. Their loud yowling, mischief-making tendencies, and marmalade-colored ...

There are more male orange cats than females because this gene is located on the X-chromosome, which males only have one copy ...

In biology classes from high school through university, I learned that mitochondria are little objects that reside within ...

My search for answers to these stupendously ambitious questions led me, it now seems inexorably, to mitochondria. This idea of mitochondria being little batteries with a built-in charger, about as ...

The mutation deletes a section of the cat's DNA, and increases the activity of a gene in X chromosomes — thread-like structures of DNA that carry hereditary information passed on from parent to ...

Approximately 80% of orange cats are males, including the four orange cats owned by the Short Wave team. Scientists have long suspected that orange color was a sex-linked trait — hiding somewhere on ...

FUKUOKA, Japan — What makes orange cats orange? For over 60 years, scientists have been searching for the answer. Now, researchers from Japan have figured it out, and their discovery also explains why ...

Emily Kwong and Regina Barber of Short Wave talk about a tool to increase biker safety, the genetic secrets that make orange ...