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

Wiggy, an approximately five-week-old kitten ... McGowan said that about 10% of cats in Northern California today are orange. The research publication cites the appearance of orange cats in ...

She is a pretty 5-year-old girl ... than male orange cats! Only 20% of orange cats are female, so this queen is a treasure. Welcome to The Palm Beach Post's Pet of the Week, a series in which ...

In male cats, who typically have one X chromosome, the orange mutation means more Arhgap36 protein in pigment cells and activation of a pathway to produce reddish yellow pigment.

the mutation is quite old." Humans first domesticated cats thousands of years ago. To find out whether the mutation goes back millennia, researchers will have to find ancient evidence of orange ...

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Scientists have finally unraveled the long-standing mystery behind orange cat fur, pinpointing the Arhgap36 gene as the key factor. Two independent studies, one in the US and another in Japan ...