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Scientists noticed that most cats with multicolor coats, like calicos or tortoiseshells, are female. This led them to believe that the genes for orange and black fur are on the X chromosome.

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But female kittens can have a calico's patchwork of black, orange and white, or a tortoiseshell's marbling of orange scattered through black fur. A tortoiseshell cat. (Yosei G/Unsplash) Both teams ...

This means that when we see a bicolor (black/orange) or tricolor (black/orange/white) cat, or one of its more diluted versions, we know that it must be a female, and its pigmentation pattern will ...

Calico cats, additionally, have patches of white. Tortoiseshell cats, marked by a mottled pattern of orange and black, are mostly females. Flore Y via Getty Images “I am fully convinced this is ...

This means that when we see a bicolor (black/orange) or tricolor (black/orange/white) cat or one of its more diluted versions, we know that it must be a female, and its pigmentation pattern will ...