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 ...

Researchers identified an unusual genetic mutation in orange domestic cats that has not been found in any other animal, according to a new study. CNN values your feedback 1.

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The term mutation refers to changes to the original DNA, notes geneticist Greg Barsh, senior author of the Stanford study. “So how do you know that a visible trait [like orange fur] is caused by ...

Now, researchers from Kyushu University, Japan, have found the X-linked mutation behind orange fur in house cats. This deletion mutation, a type of mutation where a section of DNA is missing, not ...

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