After more than 60 years of genetic guessing, scientists have finally cracked the code behind what makes orange cats so… ...

Cats rank among the most cherished pets worldwide, with personalities as lively and diverse as their coat patterns.

It turns out the unique color is caused by a recessive genetic mutation, rather than the expression of a gene known to turn cats white. You’ve probably heard of spooky black cats, chaotic orange ...

Host Flora Lichtman talks about the project, as well as what we do and don’t know about cat genetics, with Dr. Elinor Karlsson, chief scientific officer at Darwin’s Ark, and director of the Vertebrate ...

Darwin’s Cats is adopting a novel sequencing approach known as fur-based sequencing to capture genetic data from thousands of felines. Owners are simply asked to brush their cat’s coat, send the fur ...

Groundbreaking partnership brings together science, community, and industry to unlock the mysteries of feline DNA and improve ...

It was first seen in 2007, and a group of cat experts led by feline geneticist Heidi Anderson have been working to find out more about the shade since 2019. The team published a paper on the discovery ...

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