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A Cat Breed With A Gene Mutation Is Known For Its Cute Folded Ears (And Health Problems)
Scottish fold cats are an absolutely adorable cat breed. However, the same genetic mutation that causes those cute folded ...
Bird flu mutation associated with increased disease severity found in two cats
A genetic mutation of the H5N1 bird flu virus — a mutation associated with increased infectiousness and disease severity — ...
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The Charming History Behind the Cats with Too Many Toes
"Toe beans" refer to a cat's cute and tiny jelly-bean-shaped paw pads. But did you know Hemingway cats have even more toe ...
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China’s First Domestic Cats Took the Silk Road 1,400 Years Ago, New Study Finds
Domestic cats first stepped paw in China more than a millennia ago, a new study has found. Their route in? Quite likely, the ...
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Phenotype Variability: Penetrance and Expressivity
Danforth, who studied the inheritance of polydactyly among 55 generations of cats. He observed that the polydactyly phenotype showed "good penetrance, but variable expression" because the gene ...