The lost link in a gene called ARHGAP36 makes it so that the cells in orange felines produce lighter colors for their skin, eyes, and fur tone. In ginger cats’ melanocytes, the cells responsible for ...

Researchers in the United States and Japan have discovered the genetic basis for ginger cats' orange fur. The ARHGAP36 gene ...

Two new studies found that a small, missing piece of DNA located next to a specific protein resulted in orange fur coloration ...

In a nutshell Scientists have identified a specific 5,100-letter DNA deletion in the ARHGAP36 gene on the X chromosome that ...

Researchers have discovered how orange cats got their coats — and why so many of them are male. The coat color comes from a ...

A newly discovered gene, Arhgap36, explains the rare orange coloring in cats and why most are male. It could have effects ...

Researchers in Japan say they have unlocked a long-standing mystery about the color of calico cats, known for their black, ...

Scientists have finally unraveled the long-standing mystery behind orange cat fur, pinpointing the Arhgap36 gene as the key ...

Calico cats have X chromosomes that have two variants of the gene ARHGAP36. In orange patches of fur, the active chromosome (red) contains a deletion mutation in ARHGAP36, which increases its ...

Two separate research teams have detailed the answer in two studies published Thursday in the journal Current Biology.

From Tama, Japan's most famous stationmaster calico cat, to the lasagna-loving, ginger Garfield, cats with orange fur are ...

Any male cat with the mutation dubbed “sex-linked orange” will be entirely orange due to a random deletion of a section of ...