In most other mammals, like dogs, sheep, rabbits, and horses, mutations in a protein called Mc1r lead to red hair color, but ...

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 ...

Most orange cats are male, while most female cats ... But female kittens can have a calico's patchwork of black, orange and white, or a tortoiseshell's marbling of orange scattered through black ...

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 ...

Related: White Cat Beams with Pride After Knocking Over ... The gene that makes a cat orange or black is located on the X chromosome. Male cats therefore need only one copy of this gene, while ...

After 60 years of searching, geneticists have finally identified the gene behind the marmalade coloration in domestic cats.