Dilute calico cats owe their coloration to a fascinating genetic interaction. Like all calicos, dilute calicos are almost ...

Its gene is also researched by scientists because the outcome produces a very distinct and handsome coat pattern, which is very different from the mackerel or classic tabbies' stripes. The ticked ...

A prime example of X inactivation is in the coat-color patterning of tortoiseshell or calico cats (Figure 1). In cats, the fur pigmentation gene is X-linked, and depending on which copy of the X ...