Stanford Medicine researchers discover mechanisms of sex-linked genetic mutation giving rise to ginger felines.

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It comes as experts within the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme revealed that more than half of UK butterfly species are now in long-term decline, with species including the small tortoiseshell ...

Researchers identified an unusual genetic mutation in orange domestic cats that has not been found in any other animal, ...

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

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

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

The "meow-tation" that gives ginger cats their distinct fur has been discovered. A small deletion in a gene on the X-chromosome lies behind the fiery coats of ginger tabbies and the splotchy ...

Instead, most female cats with orange fur have patchy patterns — calico or tortoiseshell — that ... for the elusive mutation. One was a small, 5,076-base pair deletion that removed about ...