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cats@lemmy.world · 10 months ago

Geneticists Solve the Mystery of Why Some Cats Are Orange—and Why They Tend to Be Males

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Geneticists Solve the Mystery of Why Some Cats Are Orange—and Why They Tend to Be Males

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cats@lemmy.world · 10 months ago

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Two new, preliminary papers identify a gene related to a cat’s coloration. The work also explains why tortoiseshell and calico cats tend to be females

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