The lost link in a gene called ARHGAP36 makes it so that the cells in orange felines produce lighter colors for their skin, ...

Orange cats often strut around like they own the place. Their loud yowling, mischief-making tendencies, and marmalade-colored ...

“For more than a century, orange coat color in cats has been recognized as an exception to the genetic rules that explain ...

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

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 ...

“Although it is not fully understood how the identified deletion switches the pigment species, the variation likely dominates the cat population with orange coat color,” the researchers wrot ...

A newly discovered gene, Arhgap36, explains the rare orange coloring in cats and why most are male. It could have effects ...

The vast majority of fully orange cats are male, which led scientists to reason decades ago that the genetic code for orange color is carried on the X chromosome. As with other mammals ...