A new type of cat coat color has officially been discovered. Named salmiak, or ‘salty liquorice,’ the cats have hair strands ...

Join the movement to solve the mysteries of cat genetics with the first fur-based DNA sequencing method for pets ...

Mutations in the genes controlling the deposition of the pigment tend to create a solid-colored coat, an example of the richness and diversity of cat genetics. Two-colored, bi-color cats possess ...

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 ...

According to Dr. Jerold Bell, an adjunct professor of genetics at Tufts University ... colours on their body. A female cat will only inherit an orange coat if they carry the orange gene on ...

Join the movement to solve the mysteries of cat genetics with the first fur-based ... With just a simple brush of their cat’s coat, an easy process that most cats already enjoy, participants ...

See, technically speaking, cats only come in two colors—black ... puzzle both “enriches our understanding of feline coat color genetics” and could be “valuable for breeding efforts ...