E xperts have been able to figure out a lot about cat coat colors, but the orange coat, in particular, had left them with questions. That is, until recently. Researchers discovered the genetic ...

Languages: English. For more than a century, the genetic secrets behind the vibrant orange coats of ginger cats and the intricate patterns of tortoiseshells have puzzled scientists and cat ...

Cats with orange coats get them from a deletion (meaning a missing segment) mutation in the noncoding region of a gene associated with both neuroendocrine tissues and pigmentation. There are more ...

Recently, butlers to orange-colored cats got a bit of a shock when reading the news, as headlines began to call out their ...

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 isn’t the ...

Male cats, with only one X chromosome, will have orange coats if they inherit the orange gene. Females, with two X chromosomes, need two copies of the gene to be fully orange, making them less common.

Orange cats have a way of standing out, both for their fiery coats and for their prominent personalities. The sheer variety of shades and breeds make each one unique, and let's be honest ...

But when it comes to coat color, lingering questions have plagued researchers for decades, specifically when it comes to orange felines. They didn't have a direct gene link that gives them their ...