So, what’s the genetic cause of the orange coat color in cats? A deletion in the X chromosome (most orange cats are male), which increases activity of Arhgap36 , a gene that causes pigment cells ...

Approximately 80% of orange cats are males, including the four orange cats owned by the Short Wave team. Scientists have long suspected that orange color was a sex-linked trait — hiding ...

From Tama, Japan's most famous stationmaster calico cat, to the lasagna-loving, ginger Garfield, cats with orange fur are both cultural icons and beloved pets. But their distinctive color comes ...

Garfield might be the most iconic orange tabby around, but Hollywood has seen quite a few leading cats of the same color—Heathcliff, Oliver, Hiyao Miyazaki’s adorably terrifying Catbus from My ...

It seems that high ARHGAP36 activity is, in general, ... the variation likely dominates the cat population with orange coat color,” the researchers wrote. Somewhere, ...

Step one was to identify genetic mutations that are unique to orange cats and might give rise to their color. For a decade, Kaelin has frequented cat shows, asking owners of ginger-colored cats if ...

Male cats with orange-colored parents only get one copy of the orange mutation and thus end up with entirely orange fur. Female cats, however, have two X chromosomes.

Orange colors have been recorded in cats since Egyptian times. Now we know where it originates from. ... disrupts its location of activity, resulting in the distinctive orange pigmentation.

In ginger cats’ melanocytes, the cells responsible for color tones, the ARHGAP36 gene is much more active. 3 Professor Hiroyuki Sasaki, one of the lead scientists behind the study, started it as ...

It turns out color isn't just fashionable for guppies: According to a new UBC study, the more orange a male, the more virile it is.