The existence of orange cats dates back to at least the 12th century, but scientists have only had theories that a sex-linked ...

There are more male orange cats than females because this gene is located on the X-chromosome, which males only have one copy ...

The deletion wasn’t located within a gene, where mutations usually are found. However, the mutation lay between two sites ...

The Japanese team, which crowdfunded more than $70,000 to conduct the research, found that all of the orange cats they studied shared a mutation, or "meow-tation," that deleted a section of DNA in the ...

Orange cats often strut around like they own the place. Their loud yowling, mischief-making tendencies, and marmalade-colored ...

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 ...

Scientists have identified the genetic mutation responsible for the ginger coloration in domestic cats —a phenomenon never ...

But here's why humans love it so much. Both studies found that a small missing piece of DNA code located next to the Rho GTPase-activating protein (ARHGAP36) resulted in orange fur coloration.

Your orange cat may host a never-before-seen genetic pathway for color pigmentation, according to new studies Cats are ...

Researchers found the gene and genetic variation behind orange fur in most domestic cats, solving a decades-long mystery.

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