Facts About Orange Tabby Cats That May Surprise You ...

Nine hundred years ago, before the advent of intentional cat breeding, a genetic mutation gave rise to the first orange cat. Days ago, Stanford Medicine researchers revealed exactly which gene ...

Why Trust Us? Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The gene that causes orange coloration in cats had been pondered for years, but never actually found—until now. Cats with ...

The gene that causes orange coloration in cats had been pondered for years, but never actually found—until now. Cats with orange coats get them from a deletion (meaning a missing segment ...

Garfield might be the most iconic orange tabby around, but Hollywood has seen quite a few leading cats of the same color—Heathcliff, Oliver, Hiyao Miyazaki’s adorably terrifying Catbus from My ...

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 ...

Fortunately for orange cats, the mutation is in a non-coding part of the DNA, which means while it influences ARHGAP36 expression, it doesn't directly code for proteins. “This is key,” said ...

cats with orange fur are both cultural icons and beloved pets. But their distinctive color comes with a genetic twist—most orange tabbies are male, while calicos and tortoiseshells are nearly ...

Orange cats may be known for their silly behavior, but two new studies are a step closer to understanding "the why" behind the furry felines' coloring. Two independent studies published on May 15 ...

But one cat fur hue has stumped scientists for decades: orange. In house cats, orangeness appears to be sex-linked; it almost always occurs in males because of a mutation on the sex-determining X ...