The calico cat aspect (tri-color orange, black, and white patches) comes from X-chromosome inactivation, known as lyonization. Since coat color in cats is carried on the X chromosome, and females ...

D ilute calico cats are one of nature’s most elegant and mesmerizing color variations in cats. Where traditional calicos ...

"Her colors have always been there; she is the so-called 'calico' cat," she said ... Her top half made her look like a tuxedo cat with her face black and white, but, as you looked down, orange ...

Such a pattern results from a genetic process known as piebalding, whereby patches of colored fur possess white, unpigmented patches. Calico cats represent an enchanting mixture of orange ...

A prime example of X inactivation is in the coat-color patterning of tortoiseshell or calico cats (Figure 1). In cats, the fur pigmentation gene is X-linked, and depending on which copy of the X ...