Any male cat with the mutation dubbed “sex-linked orange” will be entirely orange due to a random deletion of a section of ...

Two separate research teams have detailed the answer in two studies published Thursday in the journal Current Biology.

Scientists from Kyushu University have identified the long-sought “orange gene” behind ginger fur in domestic cats—a deletion ...

“For more than a century, orange coat color in cats has been recognized as an exception to the genetic rules that explain ...

The “meow-tation” that gives ginger cats their distinct fur has been discovered. A small deletion in a gene on the ...

Your orange cat may host a never-before-seen genetic pathway for color pigmentation, according to new studies Cats are ...

From Tama, Japan's most famous stationmaster calico cat, to the lasagna-loving, ginger Garfield, cats with orange fur are ...

Scientists have confirmed that there is something unique about ginger-hued domestic felines. In a new study, Stanford ...

Researchers found the gene and genetic variation behind orange fur in most domestic cats, solving a decades-long mystery.

Researchers already had a rough idea of where in the cat genome to look: the X chromosome. That’s because the vast majority of orange cats are male; male cats carry only one X chromosome (the other ...

When you think of a protective family pet, your first thought is probably of a dog. Dogs form deep bonds with their owners ...

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