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

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(Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group) The only exception is the Norwegian forest cat, which manifests as orange because of the same genetic trait that causes red hair in humans. Stanford Medicine’s ...

The deletion appears to shift pigment production from eumelanin (black-brown) to pheomelanin (orange-red). Evidence suggests this gene undergoes random X chromosome inactivation in female cats, ...

The existence of orange cats dates back to at least the 12th century, but scientists have only had theories that a sex-linked ...

The Devon Rex is one of the friendliest cat breeds around. Wide-eyed with excitement most of the time, these kitties, which ...

They came in baskets, backpacks, and  baby carriages. They came on shoulders, or in a roller bag, the style that busy ...

Researchers had previously assumed that the mutation would be on the X chromosome because of the skewed sex ratio — it also ...

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