Demonstratively, ginger cats are much more likely to be male than female. The teams found that this is in part because of the ARHGAP36 gene, which is only carried over on the X chromosome.

Ginger cats are not only known for their extroverted personalities, but have become notorious through their popularity in pop culture and media. Winston Churchill famously kept an orange cat ...

The ginger colour in cats’ coats has a curious link to being male or female. Now, scientists have finally pinpointed the gene responsible for ginger colour in cats.

The location of this mutation also explains why ginger cats tend to be male (males only possess one X chromosome). Previous studies have narrowed down the mutation’s likely location on the X ...