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

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

associate professor at University of Memphis teaching genetics research, Chris Kaelin, and Kelly McGowan, both senior scientists at the Greg Barsh Lab Department of Genetics at Stanford ...

When this piece of DNA is missing, it causes ARHGAP36 to become more abundant, roughly 10 times more abundant, Gregory Barsh, Stanford University genetics professor and study co-author ...