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@ooli@lemmy.world to cats@lemmy.world • 7 months ago

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

www.smithsonianmag.com

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

www.smithsonianmag.com

@ooli@lemmy.world to cats@lemmy.world • 7 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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    Arhgap36

    So you’re telling me my cat is airgapped? I’d believe it, she definitely isn’t receiving any intelligence updates.

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      You can’t update one braincell

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      orange bois were deprecated in the 1800s

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