ooli@lemmy.world to cats@lemmy.world · 8 days agoGeneticists Solve the Mystery of Why Some Cats Are Orange—and Why They Tend to Be Maleswww.smithsonianmag.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1189arrow-down13cross-posted to: science@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1186arrow-down1external-linkGeneticists Solve the Mystery of Why Some Cats Are Orange—and Why They Tend to Be Maleswww.smithsonianmag.comooli@lemmy.world to cats@lemmy.world · 8 days agomessage-square20fedilinkcross-posted to: science@lemmy.ml
minus-squareFredselfish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·8 days agoWe have an orange cat, but shes a female. So they aren’t alway male.
minus-squareThe_v@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·8 days agoIt’s a recessive gene on the X chromosome. In females this means that it only expresses if both chromosome have the orange gene. Since males only have one X chromosome it always expresses if present. The orange males to female ratio in a population will average around 4:1.
minus-squareFredselfish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 days agoCool thanks for replying, love learning new things and cool to learn how unique my orange tabby is.
We have an orange cat, but shes a female. So they aren’t alway male.
It’s a recessive gene on the X chromosome.
In females this means that it only expresses if both chromosome have the orange gene.
Since males only have one X chromosome it always expresses if present.
The orange males to female ratio in a population will average around 4:1.
Cool thanks for replying, love learning new things and cool to learn how unique my orange tabby is.