Nine thousand years ago, humans began domesticating cats. Nine hundred years ago, before the advent of intentional cat ...

"Sweet Abigail caught the eye of Barbara, who was looking for a new furry friend after the heartbreaking loss of her beloved ...

Professor Hiroyuki Sasaki, a geneticist at Kyushu University, makes friends with one of the calico cats at a local shelter during his research Without getting too deep into the genetics ...

Nine thousand years ago, humans began domesticating cats. Nine hundred years ago ... orange X chromosome can present as tortoiseshell or calico. These mottled and patchy coats are a visual ...

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A Japanese research team led by Kyushu University professor Hiroyuki Sasaki has said it discovered a gene that determines the color patterns of the tricolored calico cat, known in Japan as mike neko.

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Researchers in Japan say they have unlocked a long-standing mystery about the color of calico cats, known for their black, white and orange fur. The team includes Sasaki Hiroyuki, distinguished ...

Instead, most female cats with orange fur have patchy patterns — calico or tortoiseshell — that may include black and white. But where the mutation exists on the X chromosome, and how it gives ...

She is as sweet as can be and loves to nap on my lap every chance she gets. A 7-year-old calico cat, Candy enjoys playing with my 9-year-old male black cat, Sparky. The two felines line up next to ...

Getty Images Calico and tortoiseshell cats with mixed colourings are more likely to be female Although couched in science, the study originally started off as a passion project for Professor Sasaki.