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Geneticists Solve the Mystery of Why Some Cats Are Orange—and Why They Tend to Be Males
(www.smithsonianmag.com)
this post was submitted on 31 Dec 2024
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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.