Nine hundred years ago, before the advent of intentional cat breeding, a genetic mutation gave rise to the first orange cat. Days ago, Stanford Medicine researchers revealed exactly which gene ...

Many an orange cat-affiliated human will vouch for their cat's, let's say, specialness. But now scientists have confirmed that there is, in fact, something unique about ginger-hued domestic felines.

A Whole New Cat Color Has Emerged The location of the mutation on this particular gene also explains why there are so many more male orange cats than female ones. ARHGAP36 is known as X-linked ...

After hundreds of years evolving, cats have reached what scientists say is "perfect" genetic form," which sounds like something a cat might say! But when it comes to coat color, lingering ...

This leads to the production of more red, orange or yellow pigment, which is incorporated into a cat's hair. This type of mutation is "very unusual," according to Barsh. "Most mutations ...

But one cat fur hue has stumped scientists for decades: orange. In house cats, orangeness appears to be sex-linked; it almost always occurs in males because of a mutation on the sex-determining X ...

(As in most mammals, females have XX while males have XY sex chromosomes.) Any male cat with sex-linked orange will be entirely orange, but a female cat needs to inherit sex-linked orange on both ...

Orange cat lovers rejoice! Scientists might not be convinced that “orange behavior” is really a thing, but after over a century of suspicion, they’ve finally pinpointed the genetic mutation ...

LAKELAND, Fla. — A stray cat walked almost three miles back to the community he calls home after residents took him to a shelter to get neutered. The orange cat named George lives in the Loma ...