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

It has been known for decades that it is genetics that gives orange tabby cats their distinctive colouring, but exactly where ...

Researchers have discovered how orange cats got their coats — and why so many of them are male. The coat color comes from a ...

A Stanford-led study has identified a mutation on the X chromosome that causes orange fur in cats. The mutation switches on ...

Researchers at Kyushu University in Japan have pinpointed the X-linked mutation behind orange fur in house cats.

Scientists at Kyushu University in Fukuoka, Japan explained in a paper published last week that orange cats are missing a ...

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

The lost link in a gene called ARHGAP36 makes it so that the cells in orange felines produce lighter colors for their skin, eyes, and fur tone. In ginger cats’ melanocytes, the cells responsible for ...

In comparison, female cats have two X chromosomes ... extent - it means a mixed colouring is more likely. "These ginger and black patches form because, early in development, one X chromosome ...