The lost link in a gene called ARHGAP36 makes it so that the cells in orange felines produce lighter colors for their skin, eyes, and fur tone. In ginger cats’ melanocytes, the cells responsible for ...

Scientists have finally unraveled the long-standing mystery behind orange cat fur, pinpointing the Arhgap36 gene as the key ...

Two new studies found that a small, missing piece of DNA located next to a specific protein resulted in orange fur coloration ...

Researchers have discovered how orange cats got their coats — and why so many of them are male. The coat color comes from a ...

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

What makes orange cats orange? For over 60 years, scientists have been searching for the answer. Researchers from Japan have ...

From Tama, Japan's most famous stationmaster calico cat, to the lasagna-loving, ginger Garfield, cats with orange fur are ...

It has been known for decades that it is genetics that gives orange tabby cats their distinctive colouring, but exactly where ...

በሁለት አህጉር የሚገኙ ተመራማሪዎች ከብርቱካናማ ወንድ ድመት ዘረ መል ጀርባ ያለውን ምስጢር እንደደረሱበት ገለፁ። ሳይንቲስቶቹ ብርቱካናማ ድመቶች በጂናቸው ውስጥ ለቆዳቸው፣ ዓይናቸው እና ለፀጉራቸው ...

Two separate research teams have detailed the answer in two studies published Thursday in the journal Current Biology.

Any male cat with the mutation dubbed “sex-linked orange” will be entirely orange due to a random deletion of a section of ...

Scientists from Kyushu University have identified the long-sought “orange gene” behind ginger fur in domestic cats—a deletion ...