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

After 60 years of research, scientists have discovered the gene responsible for orange fur in cats, finding that it is linked ...

Almost every breed of cat has the potential to fall into the calico category. The term basically means that they are tricolor ...

Orange and tortoiseshell house cats (torties) have long been an enigma for hair coloration in mammals: now, the genetic basis ...